Length resources

In this practical task students need to weigh books, take measurements of length, convert these as required, and calculate volume and dimensions for a cover.

Students use a plan of a garage with a scale to calculate the actual length and width of the garage and a workbench inside it.

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

From diagrams of four original and enlarged drawings to be used for Christmas wrapping paper, students identify the scale factor used and find a missing length on either the enlarged picture or the original picture.

From three different sized animal pictures and their enlargements, students are required to identify the scale factor and the length of an unknown side.

Students enlarge a diagram to a given scale.

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

In this practical task students use a ruler, a protractor, and a compass to enlarge an arrow by two given scale factors. They then complete a table to show the invariant properties.

Students identify invariant properties for enlargement.

Students use a given height and diagram to estimate the height of four pictures of toy dolls.

Students use a given distance and diagram to estimate the distance four people swam underwater.

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

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, then measure, the length of two objects using a ruler.

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

This practical task requires students to construct a one metre newspaper roll, use it to estimate the dimensions of a room, then calculate the volume of that room.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard box to hold 3 "chocolate bars" represented by hundreds blocks. They then cut out and construct the box.

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

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

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

Students work out the difference in distances of throws and jumps of various athletic events.

Students read scales to measure images of objects to the nearest tenth of a centimetre.

Students identify decimal numbers on a number line.

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.