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

Students select the measurements of a piece of paper as it is folded multiple times.

Students work out the height, width and length of gift packets.

Students use a plan of a garage with a scale to calculate the actual length and width of the garage and a workbench inside it.

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

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

In this practical task, students estimate, then measure, the length of two objects using a ruler.

This practical task requires students to construct a one metre newspaper roll, use it to estimate the dimensions of a room, then calculate the volume of that room.

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

Students measure images of objects on a centimetre ruler.

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.

In this practical task, students estimate the length of two common classroom objects, then check their estimates with a ruler.

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

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.

From diagrams of four original and enlarged drawings to be used for Christmas wrapping paper, students identify the scale factor used and find a missing length on either the enlarged picture or the original picture.

Students use a given height and diagram to estimate the height of four pictures of toy dolls.

Students use a given distance and diagram to estimate the distance four people swam underwater.

Students draw a line from each measurement and unit to its equivalent.

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

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

In this practical task, students estimate how many multi-link blocks equal the length of two common classroom items. They then check their estimate with the blocks, then measure with a ruler.

Students calculate the length of a builder's string line.

Students calculate the scale factor and length of one side of a building extension, then draw in a different extension from a given scale factor.

Students work out the difference in distances of throws and jumps of various athletic events.

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