Measurement resources

Students match digital times to events during a camp timetable.

This practical task requires students to rank a series of pictures of everyday objects in order from hottest to coldest.

Students answer questions that involve time calculations.

Students answer questions about international time differences.

Students calculate volumes of composite shapes, showing their working.

Students read from, and mark points on, non-linear scales.

Students work out the area of a circle and a fraction (Sector) of a circle.

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

Students calculate and identify the shape with the largest area, and the longest perimeter from three shapes drawn on a grid.

Students identify whether litres or millilitres would be the best unit of measurement for a range of everyday measuring tasks.

Students use diagrams of a metric and imperial ruler to convert between inches and centimetres.

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.

In this practical task, students estimate, and then measure, the weight of two objects using a number of multi-link cubes, a balance scale and weights.

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

Students calculate the area of four different shapes on a grid.

In this practical task, students estimate and then measure temperatures.

Students use a given number of multi-link cubes to make and draw different rectangles.

Students read pairs of measurements on linear scales and identify which are greater than, less than, or equal to.

In this practical task, students first estimate, then measure, how many 500ml jars it takes to fill a 1 litre and a 3 litre container

Students explain why two people will get different totals when measuring a room using their hand span.

This task is about working out distances and speeds.

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

In this practical task students use a grid squares overlay to estimate the area of six shapes by counting the number of squares each shape covers.

Students read analogue clock faces, and carry out time calculations drawing the results onto other clock faces.