Bush reserve 0 Overview Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses Working with Students Further Resources This task is about calculating the area of a bush reserve in hectares. The Poata whānau are kaitiaki of a bush reserve. What is the area, in hectares, of this bush reserve (1ha = 10,000m2)? __________ ha Level: 5 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: area, hectares, composite shapes, rectangles, triangles Description of task: Students calculate the area of a bush reserve in hectares. Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Measurement sense, sets 7-8 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y9 (10/1996) 14.2 ha = (500 × 240) + 1/2(500 × 40) + 1/2 (100 × 240) very difficult Diagnostic and formative information: Common error Likely calculation Likely misconception 14 280 × 500 ÷ 10 000 Calculates area of 'larger' rectangle (a good estimation technique). Chocolate measures Area of triangles Measuring road signs Posting a box Blocks of land Area of the section Work out the area Volume and surface area Squares and rectangles Extending the deck Measuring the park Colours on the flag How big is the dressing table? Enlargement and area Three oranges Enlargement, length and area Corinth Canal Tiling around the pool Volume of cream Area of four lawns Calculating a pyramid Estimating the area of Antarctica Shot Put circles Painting a water tank Triangles and rectangles
This task is about calculating the area of a bush reserve in hectares. The Poata whānau are kaitiaki of a bush reserve. What is the area, in hectares, of this bush reserve (1ha = 10,000m2)? __________ ha
