2-D shapes (age 10+)
Your child can draw a shape to exact sizes with a ruler and protractor. They can make a triangle with set sides and a set angle.
In curriculum terms
Draw 2-D shapes using given dimensions and angles, using a ruler and protractor accurately
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If you ask your child to draw a triangle with sides of 5 cm and 7 cm with a 40° angle between them, can they use a ruler and protractor to draw it accurately?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
solve practical problems involving the perimeter and area of regular and irregular shapes using appropriate metric units
estimate, construct and measure angles in degrees, using appropriate tools including a protractor, and relate these measures to angle names
establish the formula for the area of a rectangle and use it to solve practical problems
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.