Measurement sense resources

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

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

Students answer questions that involve calculating the capacities of different situations.

In this practical task, students estimate the capacity of two different sized containers, then check their estimates with a measuring jug.

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

Students use a diagram of a netball court and soccer field to calculate area.

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

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

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 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.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

Students answer four multiple-choice questions about volume and surface area.

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.

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

Students calculate the distance around three different sized gardens.

Students calculate the length of fencing around a deck.

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

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

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

Students calculate the perimeter and area of a composite shape.

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