RAT - Area
Filename:	jm_ar001.doc (7 Kb)
Date:	24-May-98
Submitted By:	Nancy W. Lewis, Rex Boggs
Format:	MS Word Document
Description:	Some RATs on area. For example - Find as many shapes as you can that have an area of 48 square metres. Justify your answer.

Painting a Room
Filename:	jm_ar002.doc (30 Kb)
Date:	24-May-98
Submitted By:	Col Stevenson, Rockhampton School Support Centre
Format:	MS Word Document
Description:	Students have to give a quote for painting a room. Involves area, rate, money, The criteria sheet includes SPS outcomes.

Designing a House, Wrapping a Kit-Kat
Filename:	Doc1.rtf (28 Kb)
Date:	24-May-98
Submitted By:	David Clarke, University of Melbourne
Format:	Rich Text Format
Description:	Designing a House, Wrapping a Kit-Kat

Heron's Formula, and Brahmagupta's Formu
Filename:	jm_ar003.doc (22 Kb)
Date:	24-May-98
Submitted By:	Mathematics Teachers of South Australia
Format:	MS Word Document
Description:	Heron's Formula can be used to find the area of any triangle. Brahmagupta's Formula is the analogous formula for cyclic quadrilaterals. Some nice little questions here.

Mapping the Seabed
Filename:	jm_ar004.doc (27 Kb)
Date:	24-May-98
Submitted By:	Rex Boggs
Format:	MS Word Document
Description:	Rockhampton flooded in 1991. Silt was carried by the Fitzroy River out to sea. The silt affected the coral reef. One of the jobs of a marine biologist is to see how the sea bed changes over time. Tina, a marine biologist at the Central Queensland University, took photographs of an area near Humpy Island. The photos were taken two years apart. She wanted to see how quickly the coral was recovering from the flood.