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Find perimeters and areas of parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses and kites (ACMMG196)

Elaborations
  • establishing and using formulas for areas such as trapeziums, rhombuses and kites
General capabilities
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Area,  Quadrilaterals,  Perimeter

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