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AC9M4M02

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Your child is learning to measure the distance around a shape.

  • Measure each side of a rectangle and add the lengths to find the perimeter
  • Calculate the perimeter of a regular shape given the side length
Measuring Perimeters →

One skill from the map, ages 7–8 — its page has the rest of the checklist and what comes next. Candidate alignment, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

“recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units”
MathematicsYear 4Measurement strand

Official source: Australian Curriculum v9 — Mathematics ↗ · Content © ACARA, CC BY 4.0 · unofficial reference — verify at the official site

Other skills on the Learning Map matched to this code — candidate alignments, machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1).

13 other candidate matches — 8 medium, 5 low

medium confidence

Perimeter of Compound ShapesMeasurementages 9–10 Area (age 8+)Measurementages 8–9 Estimating answers (age 9+)Measurementages 9–10 Real-World Maths ModellingMathematical Thinkingages 9–10 Perimeter (age 10+)Measurementages 10–11 Advanced Maths VocabularyMathematical Thinkingages 10–11 Measuring length (age 10+)Measurementages 10–11 Using Simple FormulaeAlgebraages 10–11

low confidence

Counting Unit CubesMeasurementages 10–11 Area of compound shapesMeasurementages 8–9 Understanding AreaMeasurementages 8–9 Perimeters of polygonsMeasurementages 8–9 Volume as additiveMeasurementages 10–11

Alignments generated 9 July 2026, unreviewed.

Nearby in the Measurement strand:
AC9M4M01AC9M4M03AC9M4M04

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