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Volume of a pyramid and a cone
A proof of the formula for the volume of a pyramid and a cone using the ancient Chinese Yangma.
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| Year level(s) | Year 10 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Student task |
| Format | Web page |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Explicit teaching |
| Keywords | Area, Cylinder, Box, Solid, Net, Volume, Surface area |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Critical and creative thinking, Numeracy |
| 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 | NRICH |
| Copyright | © 1997-2021 University of Cambridge. Free-for-education material. |
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