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K–10Mathematics K–10 Syllabus (2022)

Implementation from 2024
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Stage 3

Three-dimensional spatial structure B
3D objects: Construct prisms and pyramids
  • Create skeletal models of prisms and pyramids

  • Construct three-dimensional models of prisms and pyramids, given drawings of different views

Volume: Use cubic metres for measurement of volume
  • Recognise the need for a formal unit larger than the Loading  centimetre

  • Construct and use the cubic metre as a unit to measure larger Loading 

  • Estimate and measure volumes in cubic metres

Volume: Recognise the multiplicative structure for finding volume
  • Describe the Loading , width and height of a Loading  prism as the dimensions of the prism

  • Describe arrangements of cubic-centimetre blocks in terms of layers

  • Establish the relationship between the number of Loading  in one layer and the number of layers to find the volume of a rectangular prism (Reasons about spatial structure)

Volume: Find the volumes of rectangular prisms in cubic centimetres and cubic metres
  • Construct rectangular prisms using cubic-centimetre blocks and determine the volumes

  • Explain that Loading  with the same volume may be different Loading  (Reasons about spatial structure)

  • Record, using words, the method for finding the volumes of rectangular prisms

  • Recognise that rectangular prisms with the same volume may have different dimensions (Reasons about spatial structure)

  • Calculate volumes of rectangular prisms in cubic centimetres (cm3) and cubic metres (m3)

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