Measurement resources

Students use known diameters of tins to work out the floor area of a carton and a given number of tins.

Students calculate the area of a block of land and calculate a width given the area. The questions also involve working with hectares.

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.

Students identify the angle of different objects and movements.

Students use diagrams of two boxes with given dimensions to calculate the volume of both boxes and the number of smaller boxes that could fit into one of the boxes.

On a calendar of the month of July, students record various regular activities to be done during that month.

Students interpret a calendar of the month of December.

Students calculate or estimate the area for each of three shapes on a grid.

Students identify the correct unit of measurement that would be used for the weight or length of a range of everyday objects.

Students identify how many unit squares cover given 2-dimensional shapes.

Students calculate the area and perimeter of four shapes on a grid.

Students convert the millimetre dimensions of a door to metres and centimetres.

Students calculate the areas of four composite shapes.

Students use a scale map to estimate the area of Antarctica and explain their method.

Students enlarge a shape on a grid and explore the relationship between scale factor and area.

Students calculate the area of lawn, deck, house, patio, pool drive and garden of a section.

Students use the measurements of a swimming pool and surrounding area to calculate perimeter, area and quantity of tiles needed for the surrounds.

Students calculate the time taken for bus travel and zoo feeding times based on analogue clocks showing start and finish times.

Students work out the time based on how much a candle burns down.

Students convert between millilitres, litres, pints and gallons, and kilometres and miles.

Students add up the times for a number of exercises to get the total.

Students work out starting and finishing times, and how long events take.

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.