Unit 3 Sequence of Learning

Year 7, Unit 3: Area & Volume
CURRICULUM
ACMMG159 Establish the formulas for areas of rectangles, triangles & parallelograms, and use them
for problem-solving
ACMMG160 Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms
Year 7 Achievement Standard

Students use formulas for the area and perimeter of rectangles and calculate volumes of rectangular
prisms
Year 7 Judging Standards

A Standard Solves multi-step problems involving the perimeter and area of rectangles and triangles.
Solves multi-step problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms, including the
inverse of the formula.
C Standard Calculates the perimeter and area of rectangles. Calculates the volume of rectangular
prisms.
D Standard Determines the perimeter and area of rectangles with the use of grid paper. Determines
volume where prisms are represented with cubes.
Prior Learning
Year 6
Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity

Solve problems involving the comparison of lengths and areas using appropriate units
Construct simple prisms and pyramids
Post-learning
Year 8
Choose appropriate units of measurement for area and volume and convert from one unit to
another (eg mm2 cm2)
Find perimeters and areas of parallelograms, trapeziums, rhombuses and kites.
Features of circles
Develop formulas for volumes of rectangular & triangular prisms
Essential Skills
1. Multiplication
2. Division
3. Identify & describe 2D Shapes & 3D Objects
a. Square
b. Rectangle
c. Triangle
4. Identify & describe parallelograms as composite shapes
5. Identify angles as right angles vs non-right angles (acute, obtuse & reflex)
Rationale
Perimeter understanding will be assessed ONLY on-entry

Volume understanding will be assessed on exit
Calculation, using formulae, for area is ONLY required for triangles, rectangles. Students
FIND the volume of rectangular prisms
Extension parallelograms
Appropriate units of measure = Year 8
Fluency with conversion between units = multiplication/division of decimals (Term 3)
Timetable considerations : NAPLAN 10-12 May
ESSENTIAL LEARNINGS
To investigate and establish the formulas for areas of squares, rectangles and triangles
Investigate volumes of cubes and rectangular prisms
Retrieve information and apply mathematical thinking to solve problems
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will KNOW
The formula for the Area of a rectangle is A = l x w
The formula for the Area of a triangle is A =
Area is measured in squared units

Volume is measured in cubed units
x
2
Students will UNDERSTAND
How to apply the formulae for area of rectangles and triangles to line drawings and word
problems
Students will BE ABLE TO
Calculate the area of rectangles and triangles

Identify right-angled triangles within rectangles and triangles
Find the volume of rectangular prisms, using cubes
3 Sequence of Learning
3.1
Multiplication & division fluency

Learning Intentions
Students will accurately evaluate integer multiplication equations to the
hundreds, using multiplication grid and multiplication algorithms
Students will represent multiplication as
o Repeated addition
o Arrays
o Commutable
Students will accurately evaluate integer division equations (up to 3 digit
number divided by single digit number), using multiplication grid and short
division algorithms, with and without remainders
Students will identify and describe multiplication & division as inverse
operations.
3.2
Vocabulary & revision of prior learning

Learning Intentions:
Students will categorise and describe shapes/objects as 2D or 3D
Students will describe polygons and polyhedra using appropriate vocabulary:
o Sides
o Corners/vertices
o Edges
o Faces
o Perimeter
o Area
o Volume/capacity
Students identify different terminology for describing the length of different
sides/edges of the same shape:
o Length
o Width
o Depth
o Breadth
o Height
o Base
3.3
Identifying and describing triangles, quadrilaterals and angles

Students describe rectangles as 4-sided shapes with 2 pairs of equal sides &
right 90o angles
Students describe squares as rectangles with all sides equal
Students describe right angled triangles as triangles with 1 right (90o)angle
Students identify non-right triangles as composites of 2 right-angled triangles
Extensions students describe parallelograms as composite shapes rectangles
& right triangles
3.4
Investigating the area of squares

Learning Intention:
Students identify the formula for calculating the area of a square is A = w2 (or A
= l x w)
Students identify that units for measuring area are square (eg cm2)
On grid paper, students identify the grid squares as units, and that these represent:
o An array
o Repeated addition
Students identify that repeated addition is multiplication
Students use a table to record the number of grid squares against the length of the
squares side to find the pattern and identify a formula.
3.5
Investigating the area of rectangles

Students apply their understanding, gained from investigating calculating the
area of squares, to calculating the area of rectangles
Students draw rectangles with different ratios on grid paper and record:
o length
o width
o area
Students discover and test the formula A = l x w
3.6
Problem solving/application
Students will gain fluency in calculating area of squares and rectangles, applying
their understanding to problem solving/word problems
3.7
Investigating the area of right-angled triangles

Students identify right- angled triangles as being rectangles
Students connect that, given right-angled triangles are half-rectangles, this
applies to calculating area using the formula A =
3.8
x
2
Investigating the area of non-right-angled triangles

Students establish the formula for calculating the area of ALL triangles as A =
1
bh
2
3.9
Investigating the volume of rectangular prisms

Students identify 2D vs 3D units of measure (squares vs cubes)
Students identify features and characteristics of cubes & rectangular prisms
Students record units3 for prisms in tables (length, width, height, volume)
Ext students identify pattern for calculating volume
3.10
Ext students identify patterns in the consequence of doubling length of

length/width/height on perimeter/area/volume, and connect to index numbers
Problem solving
Students demonstrate fluency in calculating perimeter, area and volume of triangular
and rectangular-based shapes and objects (eg flooring a house, swimming pool, scaling
a cake mixture to fit different sized tins)

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Year 7, Unit 3: Area & Volume

Year 7 Achievement Standard

Year 7 Judging Standards

Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity

Perimeter understanding will be assessed ONLY on-entry

The formula for the Area of a rectangle is A = l x w

The formula for the Area of a triangle is A =

Area is measured in squared units

Students will UNDERSTAND

Students will BE ABLE TO

Calculate the area of rectangles and triangles

Multiplication & division fluency

Vocabulary & revision of prior learning

Identifying and describing triangles, quadrilaterals and angles

Investigating the area of squares

Investigating the area of rectangles

Investigating the area of right-angled triangles

Investigating the area of non-right-angled triangles

Investigating the volume of rectangular prisms

Ext students identify patterns in the consequence of doubling length of

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