Length resources

Students decide if the height, length, or width of everyday objects is less than, or more than, one metre.

Students estimate the height and length of various items around their school.

Students measure images of objects on a centimetre ruler.

Students select the best unit measure of length for a number of situations.

Students calculate and record the length and height of coins in centimetres and metres.

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.

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.

In this practical task, students estimate how many multi-link blocks equal the length of two common classroom items. They then check their estimate with the blocks, then measure with a ruler.

In this practical task students design a net for a lidded cardboard cube to hold a tennis ball. They then cut out and construct the cube.

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.

In this practical task, students estimate, then measure, the length of two objects using a ruler.

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

Students enlarge a diagram to a given scale.

This practical task requires students to use a 1 metre measure to estimate the dimensions of a room, and then calculate the volume of the room.

This task is about identifying the best unit to measure temperature, weight, time, capacity and length.