Area and surface area A
Mathematics K–10 (2022) · Stage 5 · View this focus area on the NESA NSW Curriculum website ↗
Outcomes
MA5-ARE-C-01 solves problems involving the surface area of right prisms and practical problems involving the area of composite shapes and solidsContent dot points
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Solve problems involving areas and surface areas
- Solve practical problems involving the areas of composite shapes 2 resources
- Identify the edge lengths and the faces making up the surface area of prisms
- Recognise and justify whether a diagram represents a net of a right prism 4 resources
- Create and rearrange nets of right prisms 3 resources · 1 interactive/game
- Find the surface areas of prisms, given their nets, excluding curved surfaces 6 resources
- Solve problems involving surface areas of prisms, excluding curved surfaces 6 resources
Develop and apply the formula for surface areas of cylinders
- Recognise the curved surface of a cylinder as a rectangle and apply this knowledge to calculate the area of the curved surface 1 resource · 1 interactive/game
- Develop and apply the formula to find the surface area of a closed cylinder: A = 2(πr)² + 2πrh, where r is the length of the radius and h is the perpendicular height 3 resources
Solve problems involving surface areas of cylinders and related composite solids
Focus area resources
Stage 5 planning resources
Stage- or course-wide documents (scope and sequences, guides) that cover this focus area alongside others.
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stage 5 core and selected paths (NESA no. 03)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stages 4–5 core and selected paths (NESA no. 04)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stage 5 core and all paths (NESA no. 05)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stage 5 core (NESA no. 02)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stage 5 core and selected paths (NESA no. 06)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stage 5 core and selected paths (NESA no. 01)
- Unit/PlanningSample scope and sequence: Stages 4–5 stage based (NESA no. 08)
- Unit/PlanningStage 5 – sample scope and sequence
- Unit/PlanningStage 5 – stage based – sample scope and sequence