AC9M9M01

solve problems involving the volume and surface area of right prisms and cylinders using appropriate units

Elaborations

AC9M9M01_E1analysing nets of objects to generate short cuts and establish formulas for surface area
AC9M9M01_E2determining the amount of material needed to make can-coolers for a class fundraising project and working out the most cost-efficient way to cut out the pieces
AC9M9M01_E3finding different prisms that have the same volume but different surface areas, making conjectures as to what type of prism would have the smallest or largest surface area
AC9M9M01_E4investigating objects and technologies of First Nations Australians, analysing and connecting surface area and volume, and exploring their relationship to their capacity