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Drawing triangles
Students are given certain measurements and see how many different triangles they can draw.
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Year level(s) | Year 7 |
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Audience | Student |
Purpose | Student task, Home practice tasks |
Format | Web page |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Worked examples |
Curriculum alignment |
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Strand and focus | Space |
Topics | Angles and geometric reasoning |
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M7M05
Demonstrate that the interior angle sum of a triangle in the plane is 180° and apply this to determine the interior angle sum of other shapes and the size of unknown angles
AC9M7SP02
Classify triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons according to their side and angle properties; identify and reason about relationships |
Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P4, P6)
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Organisation | Illustrative Mathematics |
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