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Lengths and areas

Teacher guide Lengths and areas

TLF ID M013355

This is a website designed for teachers and students in year 5, and addresses components of the length and area topic. It is particularly relevant for selecting appropriate metric units of measurement for length, perimeter and area, and calculation of the area of rectangles. There are pages for both teachers and students. The student pages contain interactive questions for students to check their progress in the topic.

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Educational value
  • This resource is valuable for both teachers and students for the year 5 Australian Curriculum: Mathematics. It is particularly relevant to the content descriptions about the measurement of length, perimeter and area. It supports students in making choices about the appropriate units of measurement for length and area, and in calculating the perimeter and area of rectangles using metric units.
  • The resource may be useful in helping students achieve that element of the year 5 achievement standards that refers to students selecting appropriate units of measurement for length and area and calculating the perimeter and area of rectangles.
Year level

5

Topics Units of measurement Area Length Volume (Dimensions) Metres Problem solving Mass Perimeter Rectangles
Learning area
  • Mathematics

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Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Name: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
  • Organization: Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute
  • Description: Creator
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.amsi.org.au/
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
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  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
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Learning Resource Type
  • Online
  • Interactive
  • Text
Rights
  • © 2013 Education Services Australia Ltd, unless otherwise indicated. This material may be copied, distributed and adapted free of charge for non-commercial educational purposes, provided all copyright notices and acknowledgements are retained.