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Areas of rectangles
In this unit, students learn to use the multiplication formula to find the area of a rectangle. Using proportional reasoning, students explore what happens to the area when the length and/or height of a rectangle is doubled.
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| Year level(s) | Year 5 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Differentiated teaching, Mathematics investigation, Explicit teaching |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Length, Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M5M02
Solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P7)
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | New Zealand Ministry of Education |
| Copyright | © New Zealand Ministry of Education. Creative Commons BY 3.0 NZ. |
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