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Surface Area of Prisms: Rich Tasks

You cannot beat a good rich task! For me, a rich task is one that both stimulates and challenges students of all ages and abilities. Here is a selection of some of my favourites.

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Median Rich Tasks and Purposeful Practise keyboard_arrow_up
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There are no words to express how much I love Don Steward and his amazing resources on his Median Blog. They allow for purposeful practise, to enable students to gain fluency in key skills. But they also have more than a sprinkling of richness, that leads students merrily along the path towards hypotheses and generalisations. Amazing.

Cuboids and Cube Counting
Cuboid Surface Area
Surface Area Cuboidal
Harder Cuboid Surface Area Questions
Lovely Cuboids
Cuboid Transformation
Cube Buildings
Volume and Surface Area (bricks)
Cuboid Volume and Surface Area

Other Prisms
Triangular Prisms

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NRICH is simply one of the best websites for rich maths problems in the whole wide world.

Colourful Cubes
Cuboids
Painted Cube
Efficient Cutting
Cola Can

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A selection of some of my favourite rich tasks, including – I must confess – some of my own. For my complete collection, including my thoughts on what makes a good rich task, please visit the Rich Tasks page.

24 Cubes
Inquiry Maths Surface Area and Volume of a Cuboid