Measurement sense resources

Students calculate the area of a block of land and calculate a width given the area. The questions also involve working with hectares.

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

In this practical task, students cut out shapes and combine them to make a shape with the largest perimeter, and calculate the perimeter and area.

Students use diagrams of two boxes with given dimensions to calculate the volume of both boxes and the number of smaller boxes that could fit into one of the boxes.

Students calculate or estimate the area for each of three shapes on a grid.

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

Students identify how many unit squares cover given 2-dimensional shapes.

Students calculate the area and perimeter of four shapes on a grid.

Students convert the millimetre dimensions of a door to metres and centimetres.

Students calculate the areas of four composite shapes.

Students use a scale map to estimate the area of Antarctica and explain their method.

Students enlarge a shape on a grid and explore the relationship between scale factor and area.

Students calculate the area of lawn, deck, house, patio, pool drive and garden of a section.

Students use the measurements of a swimming pool and surrounding area to calculate perimeter, area and quantity of tiles needed for the surrounds.

Students convert between millilitres, litres, pints and gallons, and kilometres and miles.

For this NEMP task students use a protractor to measure how many degrees two boats turn as they change course.

Students calculate the area of a bush reserve in hectares.

Students calculate the area of a range of rectangular shapes.

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

Students calculate the length of fencing around a deck.

Students calculate the surface area and volume of cuboids.

Students calculate the area of a space to be painted and the length of time it will take to paint a different area.

Students convert millilitres to litres and vice versa to answer questions about the number of 200ml cups of lemonade in litre bottles.

Students calculate area of colours and the perimeter of a flag.

In this practical task, students decide how many of four different shaped containers have the same capacity, then check by filling them with water.