Assessment Task - Year

Task	The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Student name
Teacher
Subject	Mathematics Standards Year 11
Strand / Sub Strand	MS-M1: Applications of Measurement M1.2: Perimeter, area and volume

Outcomes

MS11-3: solves problems involving quantity measurement, including accuracy and the choice of relevant units

MS11-4: performs calculations in relation to two-dimensional and three-dimensional figures

MS11-9: uses appropriate technology to investigate, organise and interpret information in a range of contexts

MS11-10: justifies a response to a given problem using appropriate mathematical terminology and/or calculations

Students calculate perimeters and areas of irregularly shaped blocks of land by dissection into regular shapes including triangles and trapezia

• use the Trapezoidal rule to solve a variety of practical problems with and without technology, eg the volume of water in a swimming pool

Context

Students have been studying the topic Applications of Measurement. They have learned about practicalities of measurement, including upper and lower bounds of measurement. In a previous lesson they derived theTrapezoidal rulefor a single application,

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