Problem-Solving Strategies & Skills – Measurement & Geometry: Year 4

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Measurement and geometry Mum knitted scarves for her children—Louise, Amanda and Jessica. Louise’s scarf had a total of 300 mm of dark green wool and 400 mm of light green wool. Amanda’s scarf had 20 cm of each coloured wool—red, orange and yellow.

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Whose scarf is the longest and how many centimetres long is it?

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Mum knitted scarves for her children—Louise, Amanda and Jessica. Louise’s scarf had a total of 300 mm of dark green wool and 400 mm of light green wool. Amanda’s scarf had 20 cm of each coloured wool—red, orange and yellow. Jessica’s .

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If the girls lay their scarves end to end, how many metres will it span?

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Measurement and geometry LEGEN D COAST CAM PSITE FOREST SHI PWRECK RIVER MOUNTAINS N

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Walk 1 square 4 west, 3 squares north, climb the 3 mountains west to 2 © R. I .

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In which square is the treasure located?

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Measurement and geometry LEGEN D COAST CAM PSITE FOREST SHI PWRECK RIVER MOUNTAINS N

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Go to the river mouth.

Walk 1 square 4 west, 3 squares north, climb the 3 mountains west to east, then walk 2 © R. I .

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1f Stop and dig for treasure .

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Write directions to walk along the coast from the treasure to the campsite, without crossing the river.

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Shari plays netball every week. Her aunty is coming to watch her play this week. The game is played in 15-minute quarters, with two 3-minute breaks and one 5-minute break. © R. I .

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f o rr evp.m., i ew p ur po seso nl y• If Shari’s game finishes• at 12:56 what time will the game start?

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Shari plays netball every week. Her aunty is coming to watch her play this week. The game is played in 15-minute quarters, with two 3-minute breaks and one 5-minute break. Shari rested on the bench for the first quarter. She hurt her 7P minutes into the © knee R. I .

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For how many minutes did Shari actually play?

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Measurement and geometry A three-dimensional shape has four congruent rectangular faces and two congruent and parallel square faces. When cut in half vertically from top to bottom, the inside faces make the same twodimensional shape. © R. I .

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What is the two-dimensional shape created on the inside faces called and how many edges does it have?

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A three-dimensional shape has three congruent rectangular faces and two congruent and parallel triangular faces. When cut in half horizontally and the two halves separated, the half with five faces makes a three-dimensional shape. © R. I .

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What is the three-dimensional shape created called and how many edges does it have?

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Alakai took his dogs, Oscar, Gypsy and Leo, to the veterinary clinic. The nurse asked Alakai to put each dog on the scales. Each time Alakai tried to get one dog on the scales, another would stand on too.

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If all three dogs are in the 20–30 kg weight range, how much does each dog weigh?

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Alakai took his dogs, Oscar, Gypsy and Leo, to the veterinary clinic. The nurse asked Alakai to put each dog on the scales. Each time Alakai tried to get one dog on the scales, another would stand on too.

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Alakai’s record showed:•Oscar Gypsy f orr eand vi ew pur posesonl y• weighed 49 kg, Leo and Gypsy weighed 52 kg and Oscar and Leo weighed 47 kg.

If all three dogs are in the 20–30 kg weight range, order the dogs from lightest to heaviest.

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Lakeisha went to the zoo to see her favourite animals. From the front gate, she walked 50 m north, then 10 m west to see the reptiles.

She then walked a further 17 m west to the entrance of the African animals enclosure.

Next, she walked 20 m south and 5 m east to ©5R .

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Lakeisha went to the zoo to see her favourite animals. From the front gate, she walked 50 m north, then 10 m west to see the reptiles. She then walked a further 17 m west to the entrance of the African animals enclosure. Next, she walked 20 m south N and 5 m east to see the orangutans and then 5 m west and 30 m south to the nocturnal © R. I .

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If Lakeisha followed the path around the edges of the zoo to each enclosure except the orangutans, what is the perimeter of the zoo?

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Measurement and geometry Silvia tested the melting points of different solids in her kitchen using measuring tools.

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Which substance melts at a higher temperature than milk chocolate but a lower temperature than cheddar cheese?

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Silvia tested the melting points of different solids in her kitchen using measuring tools.

MILK CHOCOLATE 31 C

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Measurement and geometry Frieda drew five regular shapes (not to scale) and recorded the perimeter of each.

PERIMETER 15 mm

PERIMETER 168 mm

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PERIMETER 112 mm

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Which shape has the second-smallest side length?

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Frieda drew five regular shapes (not to scale) and recorded the perimeter of each.

PERIMETER 15 mm

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Write the shape names in order from the shape with the largest side length to the shape with the smallest side length.

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Erica, Jacob and Lou are designing new kites in the shape of a quadrilateral. Erica’s kite has three internal acute angles and one internal obtuse angle. Jacob’s kite has three internal acute angles and one internal reflex angle. Lou’s kite has two internal acute © R. I .

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Whose kite has more than one internal angle greater than a right angle?

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Erica, Jacob and Lou are designing new kites in the shape of a quadrilateral. Erica’s kite has three internal acute angles and one internal obtuse angle. Jacob’s kite has three internal acute angles and one internal reflex Lou’s kite has two internal acute ©angle.

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•f orr e vi ew p ur posesonl y• Whose kite has the largest-sized angle of all the internal angles?

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Talia was looking at all the letters of the alphabet to see which letters have lines of symmetry. She wrote all the capital letters on her whiteboard. © R. I .

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ABCDEFGHI JoseKsoLnlM NOPQ • f o r r e v i e w p u r p y • Which letters have only one vertical line of symmetry and no horizontal RSTUVWXYZ lines of symmetry?

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Talia was looking at all the letters of the alphabet to see which letters have lines of symmetry. She wrote all the capital letters on her whiteboard. © R. I .

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ABCDEFGHI JoseKsoLnlM NOPQ • f o r r e v i e w p u r p y • Which letters have at least two lines of symmetry?

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Terrance and Antonio were cooking a roast dinner. They started preparing the meal at quarter to two in the afternoon and Terrance put the meat in the oven at five minutes past two. After 3.5 hours, Antonio placed the vegetables in the oven. Forty-five minutes © R. I .

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How many minutes did the meat take to cook and how many hours did the vegetables take to cook?

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Terrance and Antonio were cooking a roast dinner. They started preparing the meal at quarter to two in the afternoon and Terrance put the meat in the oven at five minutes past two. After 3.5 hours, Antonio placed the © R. I .

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What time did they serve the meal?

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Adnan needed to fill his dog’s water bowl but realised the outside tap was broken. He decided to use two jugs to transport water from the kitchen to the bowl outside. One jug had a capacity of 1 L and the other had a © R. I .

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If Adnan filled both jugs to capacity each trip and made three trips to the kitchen and back, carrying both jugs, how many litres of water did he put in the dog’s bowl?

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Adnan needed to fill his dog’s water bowl but realised the outside tap was broken. He decided to use two jugs to transport water from the kitchen to the bowl outside. One jug had a capacity of 1 L and the other had a © R. I .

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If the dog’s bowl has a capacity of 8 L and Adnan filled both jugs to capacity each trip, how many times did he fill the jugs?

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Fredrick the Frog was an active frog. He was 10 centimetres long and could jump 20 times the length of his own body. Fredrick found a new path to take to the pond.

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How long is the path in centimetres?

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Fredrick the Frog was an active frog. He was 10 centimetres long and could jump 20 times the length of his own body. Fredrick found a new path to take to the pond.

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How many jumps will Fredrick need to do to reach the pond?

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Measurement and geometry Naraya and Tallon weighed objects using different scales.

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What weight is missing from the scales on the right?

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Naraya and Tallon weighed objects using different scales.

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How many rectangular prism (cuboid) blocks are needed on the empty scales to match the weight shown?

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From the original shape’s position, a different coloured shape is two squares up and seven squares to the right. What colour is the original shape?

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From the original shape’s position, a different coloured shape is three squares up and eight squares to the left. How many squares and in which direction is the yellow shape from the original shape’s position?

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I am a shape that, when split in half, one half of my body makes a triangle, with one right angle and two acute angles. Each side of my triangular half is a different length. The second half of my body must be © Rfrom .

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If I have two sets of parallel sides and four equal angles, what shape am I?

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I am a shape made by joining a rectangle to two other quadrilaterals. These quadrilaterals each have one set of parallel but unequal sides. They each have two acute angles and two obtuse angles. The longest sides of each © Rsit .

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If I am a regular two-dimensional shape, what shape am I?

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Shauna was feeling unwell, so her mum took her to see the doctor. He took Shauna’s temperature, pointed to the chart and said, ‘No wonder you don’t feel well, your temperature is 39 °C. You have a fever’.

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In what range should Shauna’s temperature be?

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Shauna was feeling unwell, so her mum took her to see the doctor. He took Shauna’s temperature, pointed to the chart and said, ‘No wonder you don’t feel well, your temperature is 39 °C. You have a fever’.

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How much higher is Shauna’s temperature than the highest temperature in the normal range?

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Use a ruler to find the perimeter and area of this shape in centimetres.

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Use a ruler to find the perimeter and area of this shape in centimetres.

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Jamie is making a tessellating pattern with blocks to fill a square board.

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From the entrance, Jackie walked south-east past the ticket booth, then east past the bumper cars, then south-west between the hot food stand and the bumper cars. Just before the exit, she walked west and arrived at the ride she wanted to go on.

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To reach the top of a tall building Samara had to climb 5 flights of stairs. Each flight contained 30 concrete steps. The height of each step was 200 mm. Between each flight of stairs was a landing measuring © R. I .

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Jessica’s scarf, 100 cm long 2.3 metres long (E, 4) 1 square north, 4 squares west, 3 squares south, 1 square east

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11:45 a.m.

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Square, 4 edges Triangular prism, 9 edges

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64 m 154 m

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7800 cm 39 jumps

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Butter Cheddar cheese

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Pentagon Triangle, square, hexagon, pentagon, octagon

25 grams 500 rectangular prism (cuboid) blocks

12 250 mL Harry – 5 times, Oliver – 10 times, Imran – 20 times

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Pink 9 squares left and 1 square down

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The first clock: six o’clock quarter to 3

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Shape A Shapes B and C

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163 000 steps 485 000 steps

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Zhang’s bingo board Liam’s bingo board

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Oscar is 22 kg, Gypsy is 27 kg and Leo is 25 kg Oscar, Leo, Gypsy

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30 metres tall 18 metres above the ground

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Shapes B, C and D Shapes B and C

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