Weight resources

Students answer questions about mixing quantities of powder and water to make a spray for rose bushes.

In this practical task students need to weigh books, take measurements of length, convert these as required, and calculate volume and dimensions for a cover.

Students find the sum of a number of given decimal weights of objects or the post.

In this practical task, students estimate, and then measure, the weight of two objects using a number of multi-link cubes, a balance scale and weights.

In this practical task, students estimate, then measure, the weight of two bags using kitchen scales.

Students calculate the volume of three different cuboid-shaped fish tanks given the height, length and width.

Students interpret a line graph of the weight of a baby over 12 weeks and answer questions about weight, forecasting and the rate of change.

Students identify the correct unit of measurement that would be used for the weight or length of a range of everyday objects.

In this practical task, students estimate the weight of two different sized bags, then check their estimates using kitchen scales.

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

Students convert units of weight - grams and kilograms - to answer questions a range of food items.

For this NEMP task students solve problems about measurement problems involving birth dates, temperatures and weight.

Students answer questions about weight and number of packets of biscuits for a school fundraising project.

Students calculate the weight for different numbers of soccer balls and calculate the weight for a given number of soccer balls.

This practical task requires students to lift a 1 kg weight and then estimate whether a range of everyday objects weigh less than, about the same as, or more than 1 kilogram.

This task is about identifying the best unit to measure temperature, weight, time, capacity and length.

Students identify the largest weight of cuts of meat, and convert kilograms into grams.

Students convert units of weight - milligram, gram, kilogram, and tonne, in order to answer questions about potatoes.

This task requires students to rank a series of pictures in order from heaviest to lightest.

Students answer questions about the change in weight of dogs as a result of limited food and increased exercise.

Students use words about height, mass and weight of family members to write a description of a family going shopping.