Ordering shapes by area

Ordering shapes by area

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Overview
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Marking Student Responses
This task involves ordering shapes from the smallest to biggest by area.

Questions/instructions
These shapes cover different areas. Write the letters for the shapes in order from the smallest to the biggest area.

 

smallest

   _______     _______     _______     _______     _______     _______   biggest

 

Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement
Keywords: 
nemp, area
Description of task: 
For this NEMP task students order six shapes from smallest to largest by area.
Answers/responses: 
  Y4 (10/97)
Correct order: B F A C E D
Completely correct
One inversion
Two inversions or three mixed up
Other		    
56%
2%
8%
14%