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Different sizes
A challenging task that involves ordering rectangles in various patterns according to size using observations about the sides and area.
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| Year level(s) | Year 2 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Mathematics investigation |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Using units of measurement |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M2M01
Measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding units of measurement (P3)
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| Organisation | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2022 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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