Year 6 · Mathematics · Space

AC9M6SP01

compare the parallel cross-sections of objects and recognise their relationships to right prisms

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The rest of Space in Year 6.

The same idea, year by year

Where AC9M6SP01 comes from and where it goes, for a student working below or above Year 6.

1. Year 5AC9M5SP01connect objects to their nets and build objects from their nets using spatial and geometric reasoning
2. Year 5AC9M5SP02construct a grid coordinate system that uses coordinates to locate positions within a space; use coordinates and directional language to describe position and movement
3. Year 5AC9M5SP03describe and perform translations, reflections and rotations of shapes, using dynamic geometric software where appropriate; recognise what changes and what remains the same, and identify any symmetries
4. Year 7AC9M7SP01represent objects in 2 dimensions; discuss and reason about the advantages and disadvantages of different representations
5. Year 7AC9M7SP02classify triangles, quadrilaterals and other polygons according to their side and angle properties; identify and reason about relationships
6. Year 7AC9M7SP03describe transformations of a set of points using coordinates in the Cartesian plane, translations and reflections on an axis, and rotations about a given point
7. Year 7AC9M7SP04design and create algorithms involving a sequence of steps and decisions that will sort and classify sets of shapes according to their attributes, and describe how the algorithms work