Measurement sense resources

Students order litre and millilitre capacities from smallest to largest, compare given capacities and explain how they know whether one is larger/smaller or the same.

Students read scales from a car speedometer.

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

Students work out how many small boxes fit into a larger carton.

Students estimate the temperature and indicate it on a thermometer.

Students calculate the number of 2cm blocks fit into a given 3-dimensional block model, and answer questions about one face, and volume of the block model.

Students calculate length and area of colours on the Danish flag.

Students calculate the number of 3-dimensional shapes that fit into larger 3-dimensional shapes.

Students use the Beaufort Scale, found on the Met Service website, to answer questions about wind speed.

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, then measure, the volume of two containers using a measuring jug.

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

Students identify the error in three statements made about the perimeter and area of given objects.

Students calculate the lengths and areas of a road sign.

Students identify the measure of temperature off linear scales.

Students read scales to measure images of objects to the nearest tenth of a centimetre.

Students identify decimal numbers on a number line.

Students calculate the area of an extension to a cottage and the area around the buildings.

Students calculate the volume of 3-dimensional shapes made up from cubes.

Student work out the side lengths and area of a tapa cloth from the measurement of a small section of it, converting between cm and metres.

Students estimate the amount of liquid in four different glasses based on the amount given that is in a fifth glass.

Students decide whether a range of everyday objects hold less than or more than one litre.

Students choose the most appropriate measurement unit - millimetre, centimetre, metre, or kilometre - to measure a range of objects.

In this practical task, students estimate and then measure how far they can jump.

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