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.

Resource details
Year level
Year 9
Purpose
Assessment advice Assessment tasks
Strand
Measurement
Audience
Teachers
Format
Webpage
Australian Curriculum code
AC9M9M03
Numeracy progression
Understanding geometric properties (P7) Understanding units of measurement (P10) Proportional thinking (P7)
Publisher
ACARA
Copyright
© Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2010 to present, unless otherwise indicated. Free-for-education material.
Keywords
angle of elevation Pythagoras's theorem
Other terms
right angle triangles similar triangles sources of error