Mathematics / Year 8 / Space

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Curriculum content descriptions

establish properties of quadrilaterals using congruent triangles and angle properties, and solve related problems explaining reasoning (AC9M8SP02)

Elaborations

establishing the properties of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombuses, trapeziums and kites using geometric properties and proof, such as the sum of the exterior angles of a polygon is equal to a complete turn or \(360\)°
identifying properties of quadrilaterals related to side lengths, parallel sides, angles, diagonals and symmetry
applying the properties of triangles and quadrilaterals to construction designs such as car jacks, scissor lifts, folding umbrellas, toolboxes and cherry pickers

General capabilities

Critical and Creative Thinking
Numeracy

ScOT terms

Congruence (Geometry), Angles, Quadrilaterals

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