Length
This page contains activities to promote an understanding of Length. If you have developed activities applying to this area you may like to share them with other mathematics teachers.

Circumference and Area
Filename: mgoodies.html (0 Kb)
Date: 18-Apr-99
Submitted By: Gisele Glosser
Format: HTML Document
Description: 3 free interactive math lessons on Circumference and Area of Circles from Math Goodies.

A Couple of Circle Problems
Filename: cirprob.doc (13 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Rex Boggs
Format: MS Word Document
Description: Two classic questions - putting a steel band around the earth, and marking out a running track. Given as a short practice assignment to Maths B early in year 11, but suitable when studying circumference of a circle in year 9 or year 10. Probably too difficult for most year 8 students.

Triangle Problem
Filename: triprob.doc (15 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Ken Williams
Format: MS Word Document
Description: How many triangles with integral sides can be constructed so the sum of the sides is 15? Answer is supplied by Dr. Math.

Oops - Forgot the Expansion Joints
Filename: railine.RTF (29 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Mathematics Teachers of South Australia
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: The Expanding Rail Line

Pythagoras, You're Going in Circles
Filename: untitled0.RTF (28 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Mathematics Teachers of South Australia
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: Pythagoras discovered that the sum of the areas of the squares on the 2 sides about the right angle
was equal to the area of the square on the hypotenuse.

Approximating Pi by Series
Filename: Doc1.rtf (28 Kb)
Date: 24-May-98
Submitted By: Unknown
Format: Rich Text Format
Description: here are always a few kids that want to know how all of those digits of
pi were found. This article will help.