Measurement sense resources

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.

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.

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

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

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

Students answer questions about perimeter and length of square and rectangle shapes.

Students calculate the weight for different numbers of soccer balls and calculate the weight for a given number of soccer balls.

Students calculate the shapes with the largest and smallest perimeter and identify a relationship between the features of a shape and the perimeter.

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.

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