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- Subject: Mathematics
- AS: 91030
- Level: 1
- Credits: 3
- Internal
Mathematics 1.5 Apply measurement in solving problems
Subject content
- Measurement revision
- Converting between metric units, using decimals (for length, area, capacity, mass, temperature, and time).
- Derived measures including density, speed and other rates such as unit cost or fuel consumption.
- Using measuring equipment and reading scales
- Finding area, perimeter and volume:
- deducing and using formulae to find the perimeters and areas of polygons, and volumes of prisms
- finding the perimeters and areas of circles and composite shapes and the volumes and surface areas of prisms , including cylinders
- calculating volumes and surface areas, including prisms, pyramids, cones, and spheres, using formulae.
- Limits of accuracy
