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Three areas

This prompt shows a rectangle with a border, where both regions have the same area. Students explore the conditions for this to be possible. The resource includes the prompt, teacher notes, guided questions and extension prompts.

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Year level(s) Year 7
Audience Teacher
Purpose Assessment task, Extension, Student task, Teaching resource
Format Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Collaborative learning, Differentiated teaching, Explicit teaching, Feedback, Mathematics investigation
Keywords area, equal, dimensions

Curriculum alignment

Curriculum connections Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy
Strand and focus Measurement, Apply understanding, Build understanding, Algebra
Topics Area, volume and surface area
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M7M01
Solve problems involving the area of triangles and parallelograms using established formulas and appropriate units

Numeracy progression Understanding geometric properties (P6)
Understanding units of measurement (P9)

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Inquiry Maths

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