Perimeter of Compound Shapes
Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres
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If your child is given an L-shaped garden plan with all the side measurements labelled, can they add all the sides together to find the total perimeter?
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
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
recognise ways of measuring and approximating the perimeter and area of shapes and enclosed spaces, using appropriate formal and informal units
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.