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Surface area and volume
The zoo wants to give the elephants as much space as possible in a rectangular enclosure meant for feeding. Students work through the problem to design the elephant enclosure. (Note: some of the measurements are given in imperial units and will need to be adjusted.)
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Keywords | Area, Pyramid, Prism, Cylinder, Solid, Surface, Volume |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Strand and focus | Measurement |
| Topics | Area, volume and surface area |
| AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions |
AC9M10M01
Solve problems involving the surface area and volume of composite objects using appropriate units |
| Numeracy progression |
Understanding geometric properties (P7)
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| Organisation | Illustrative Mathematics |
| Copyright | © Open Up Resources/Illustrative Mathematics. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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