Content description VCMMG196

Mathematics / Level 5 / Measurement and Geometry / Using units of measurement

Content description

Calculate the perimeter and area of rectangles and the volume and capacity of prisms using familiar metric units

Elaborations

exploring efficient ways of calculating the perimeters of rectangles such as adding the length and width together and doubling the result
exploring efficient ways of finding the areas of rectangles
measuring volume and capacity by counting the number of cubes (cubic centimetres)
exploring efficient ways of finding the volume and capacity of rectangular prisms and cubes

Code

VCMMG196

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