Glossary
The language of measurement
Measuring devices
Units
Abbreviations (shortened versions) for units
Length
Mass
Capacity (volume)
Word questions
Non-metric units
Scales
Reading scales
Perimeter
Shapes with linear sides
Circles
Challenge 1
Compound shapes
Challenge 2
Area
Units of area
Quadrilaterals
Triangles
Challenge 3
Circles
Compound shapes
Shapes with holes
Challenge 5
Surface area
Word questions
Investigation
Volume
Units of volume
Prisms
Cuboids
Compound cuboids
Triangular prisms
Other prisms
Cylinders
Cones and pyramids
Spheres
Word questions
Investigation: surface area to volume ratio
Challenge 6
Revision 1
Revision 2
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
Victoria has twenty years’ experience in teaching Mathematics and has recently retired as Teacher of Mathematics and Specialist Classroom Teacher at Riccarton High School. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).