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Year 8

Perimeter, area and volume

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Checking understanding of perimeter

I can find the perimeter of many polygons or compound shapes.

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Checking understanding of area

I can find the area of triangles, quadrilaterals and composite rectilinear shapes.

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Multiplicative relationships in circles

I can recognise that there is a constant multiplicative relationship (π) between the diameter and circumference of a circle.

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Circumference of a circle

I can use the relationship C=πd to calculate unknown lengths in contexts involving the circumference of circles.

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Area of a circle

I can understand the derivation of the area of a circle.

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Using the formula for the area of a circle

I can use the formula for the area of a circle to calculate either the area or a missing measurement.

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Area of composite shapes

I can solve area problems of composite shapes involving whole and/or part circles.

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Perimeter of composite shapes

I can solve perimeter problems of composite shapes involving whole and/or part circles.

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Finding a length in composite shapes

I can solve area problems of composite shapes involving whole and/or part circles where the area is known and the radius or diameter must be found.

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Surface area of cuboids

I can appreciate the concept of surface area and find the surface area of cuboids.

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Properties of prisms

I can appreciate that all prisms have two congruent polygonal parallel faces (bases) with parallelogram faces joining the corresponding vertices of the bases.

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Surface area of prisms

I can find the surface area of 3D shapes in an efficient way.

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Surface area of cylinders

I can find the surface area of cylinders.

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Volume of prisms

I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of prisms to determine their volume.

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Volume of cylinders

I can use the constant cross-sectional area property of cylinders to determine their volume.

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Problem solving with perimeter, area and volume

I can use my knowledge of perimeter, area and volume to solve problems.

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