Measurement sense resources

Students estimate (and explain how) the area of two islands on a grid.

Students decide if the height, length, or width of everyday objects is less than, or more than, one metre.

Students calculate the capacity, in millilitres, of three containers whose measurements are given in centimetres.

Students estimate the height and length of various items around their school.

Students calculate the width, height, perimeter and area of a dressing table, and the volume of a drawer from given measurements.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

Students answer multiple-choice questions about volume of fish tanks given their dimensions.

Students measure images of objects on a centimetre ruler.

Students are asked to work out the perimeter of different polygon shapes.

Students calculate the area of two shapes on a grid.

Students draw shapes to show how the perimeter increases and decreases for different shapes of the same area size.

Students draw shapes of given areas, and choose from the bigger area, explaining their reasoning.

Students work out how many triangular prism shapes there are in larger cuboid, and answer questions about volume of both shapes.

This practical task requires students to construct open boxes from grid paper and calculate their volumes.

Students select the best unit measure of length for a number of situations.

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

This task is about finding the circumference of a circle using two different radius measurements.

Students read scales from pictures of everyday measuring equipment.

Students read scales from pictures of everyday measuring equipment.

Students read scales from pictures of everyday measuring equipment.

Students find the perimeters for range of different 4-sided polygons.

Students calculate and record the length and height of coins in centimetres and metres.

Students calculate the distance travelled by the tips of the hands on a clock, and calculate the speed of one of the tips.

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

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