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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 Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Congruence (Geometry),  Angles,  Quadrilaterals

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