Measurement resources

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 identify an equation which expresses the volume of a cuboid and calculate the number of blocks in a different cuboid.

Students show, interpret, and do calculations on times in both analogue and digital forms.

Students estimate the amount of liquid in four different glasses based on the amount given that is in a fifth glass.

Students complete a timetable by adding on the time taken for each task.

Students decide whether a range of everyday objects hold less than or more than one litre.

Students read temperatures on thermometers and identify where changes of temperature would be marked.

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

Students work out problems about the weight and price of chocolate bars from some given information.

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

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

Students order times by selecting the appropriate time, written in words, for each of Pirate Pete's morning activities.

Students complete statements which explore the relationship between scale factor enlargements and length, area, and volume of 2 and 3 dimensional shapes.

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

Students match pictures of objects with a list of capacities involving litres and millilitres.

Students identify the approximate capacities of everyday containers.

Students answer questions about the total capacity in litres given the number of cups that fill the containers.

Students calculate the area of a composite shape.

Students calculate the perimeter and area of three composite shapes.

Students answer questions about weight and number of packets of biscuits for a school fundraising project.

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 calculate the lengths of circles and straight lines on an oval athletics track from its given radius and total length, and show their working.