WS01 - Similar triangles
Use this work sample to guide assessment of students' knowledge and skills in solving problems involving ratio, similarity and scale in two-dimensional situations.
Additional details |
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| Year level(s) | Year 9 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Assessment advice, Assessment task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation, Feedback |
| Keywords | angles of elevation, similar triangles, ratios, similarity, scale, sources of error, Pythagoras' theorem, right angle triangles |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M9M03
Solve spatial problems, applying angle properties, scale, similarity, Pythagoras' theorem and trigonometry in right-angled triangles |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
Understanding units of measurement (P10) Proportional thinking (P7) |
Copyright details |
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| Organisation | ACARA |
| Copyright | © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2010 to present, unless otherwise indicated. Free-for-education material. |
