Measuring the World · Measurement and Geometry
Area of Quadrilaterals and Triangles
Developing and applying formulas for the area of rectangles, triangles, and parallelograms.
Key Questions
- 1How can any triangle be viewed as exactly half of a related parallelogram?
- 2Why do we use square units to measure area but linear units to measure perimeter?
- 3If two shapes have the same area, must they also have the same perimeter?
ACARA Content Descriptions
AC9M7M01
Year: Year 7
Subject: Mathematics
Unit: Measuring the World
Period: Measurement and Geometry
Suggested Methodologies
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