Measurement sense resources

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.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard cube to hold a tennis ball. They then cut out and construct the cube.

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.

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.

This practical task requires students to rank a series of animal pictures in order from shortest to tallest.

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

Students use a map to help them describe the shortest route away from and back to two New Zealand cities.

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