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Year 9 Measurement
Definitions and Facts from the NSW Year 9 Measurement Topic
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | The length, breadth and height of plane figures or solids |
| Two-dimensional | Flat, or having only two dimensions (length and breadth, but no height). |
| Perimeter | The distance around a shape, or the total length of a shape’s boundary. |
| Circumference | The perimeter of a circle. |
| Area | The amount of surface covered by an object. |
| Composite shape | A plane shape made up of simpler geometric shapes. |
| Perpendicular height | The height measured perpendicularly from the base to the vertex at the top. That is, creating an angle of 90 degrees with the base. |
| Capacity | The amount a container can hol |
| Volume | The amount of space taken up by an object or substance, measured in cubic units. |
| Net | A flat shape that can be folded up into a solid. |
| Prism | A 3D (three-dimensional) object with two facing ends or bases (polygons) that are the same size and the same shape (ie they are congruent). All its other faces are rectangular. |
| Radius | The distance from the centre of the circle to the circumference of the circle. |
| Diameter | An interval across a circle through the centre (twice the radius). |