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 Area of the section Blocks of land Work out the area Volume and surface area Squares and rectangles Extending the deck How big is the dressing table? Colours on the flag Measuring the park Enlargement and area Enlargement, length and area Three oranges Tiling around the pool Corinth Canal Area of four lawns Volume of cream 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
