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Measuring Length
Choosing Units of Measurement
Understanding Length
Measuring Capacity
Comparing Rulers
Perimeter
Understanding Weight
Area
Using Scales
Area of Irregular Shapes

2. Measuring Length Metric Units of Measurement
Imperial Units of Measurement
Millimetres (mm)
Centimetres (cm)
Metres (m)
Kilometres (km)
Inches
Feet
yards
miles
Most things we now measure in metric units. However for distances to towns and people’s heights we tend to still use imperial measurements.
The length of my pencil is 19cm
My dad is 6 foot 2 inches tall (6’ 2”)
Newcastle is 16 miles away.

3. Understanding Length 10km 1km 100m 10m 1m
This digit is worth 10m. There are 10 of these in 100m.
This digit is worth 1km. There are 10 of these in 10km
This digit is worth 100m. There are 10 of these in 1km
This digit is worth 1m. There are 10 of these in 10 metres.
This digit is worth 10km.
10km
1km
100m
10m 1m
…and 1,000 metres in a kilometre!

4. Click on the question mark to find out the missing measurement.
Understanding Length
Remember:
10mm = 1cm
100cm = 1 metre
1,000 metres = 1km
Click on the question mark to find out the missing measurement. mm cm
metres
50mm
5cm
0.05m
20mm
2cm
0.02m
150mm
15cm
0.15m
2,100mm
210cm
2.1m
1,500mm
150cm
1.5m
metres km
250m
0.25km
2,150m
2.15km
1,750m
1.75km
150m
0.15km
5,200m
5.2km ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

5. Understanding Length There are 100cm in 1 metre 0cm 10cm 20cm 30cm

6. Understanding Length There are 10mm in 1cm 0mm 5mm 10mm 20mm 30mm 40mm

7. Measuring to the nearest mm
Click on the object to see what it measures. Click on the object again to make it disappear.
1cm
2cm
3cm
4cm
5cm
6cm
7cm
8cm
9cm

8. Comparing Measurements Chart
Length
Weight
Capacity
10mm = 1cm
100cm = 1 metre
1,000 metres = 1km
1,000g = 1kg
1,000 ml = 1 litre

9. Click on the question mark to find out the missing measurement.
Understanding Weight
Remember:
1,000g = 1kg
Click on the question mark to find out the missing measurement.
Grams (g)
Kilograms (Kg)
500g
0.5kg
4,000g
4kg
900g
0.9kg
3000g
3kg
300g
0.3kg
Grams (g)
Kilograms (Kg)
500g
0.5kg
2,000g
2kg
200gm
0.2kg
1,500g
1.5kg
2750g
2.75kg ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

10. Click on the object to see what it weighs

11. Using Different Scales Choose weights to show the numbers on the scales (Click again to make the numbers disappear)
0 to 400g
0 to 3kg 0g 0g 0g 0g 0g
700g
140g
1,400g 1.4kg
350g
2.8kg
200g
400g
50g
20g
100g
0 to 800g
600g
2.4kg
120g
1,200g 1.2kg
300g
400g
40g
800g
100g
200g
0 to 160g
1,000g
1kg
2kg
100g
250g
500g
150g
1.2kg
300g
60g
600g
0 to 1.6kg
200g
400g
1.6kg
80g
800g

12. Interpreting Scales Change Scale
1.25kg
50g
100g
200g
20g
120g
1.5kg
240g
60g
24g
140g
280g
1.75kg
70g
28g
160g
40g
1kg
80g
16g
2kg
320g
160g
80g
32g
60g
750g
30g
120g
12g
2.25kg
90g
180g
360g
36g
500g
80g
40g
20g 8g
2.5kg
400g
200g
100g
40g
10g
40g
20g
250g 4g
2.75kg
440g
110g
220g
44g
Click on each interval line to make the arrow appear. Click in the same place to make it disappear.

13. Teacher’s Resource: Scales0g 0g 0g 0g 0g 0g 0g
40g
50g 5g
0.5kg
250g
1kg
10g
2kg
80g
100g
1kg
10g
500g
20g
120g
3kg
15g
150g
1.5kg
750g
30g
2kg
20g
4kg
160g
200g
40g
1kg
1.25kg
2.5kg
5kg
200g
250g
25g
50g
3kg
30g
300g
6kg
240g
1.5kg
60g
1.75kg
3.5kg
7kg
350g
280g
35g
70g
8kg
400g
4kg
320g
40g
80g
2kg
9kg
45g
4.5kg
450g
360g
2.25kg
90g
500g
50g
10kg
400g
5kg
2.5kg
100g
Change Scale
Add Weight

14. Choosing Units of Measurement
Which unit of measurement would you use to measure these objects?
Height of your friend
The distance to your holiday destination
The thickness of a book
The length of a pencil
The height of a building
The distance to Manchester
The length of my fingernail
The length of the classroom
Millimetres (mm)
Centimetres (cm)
Metres (m)
Kilometres (km)

15. Capacity is measured in millilitres (ml).
Measuring Capacity
Capacity is measured in millilitres (ml).
There are 1,000ml in a litre.
Click on the object to see how many ml everyday objects use.
A jug contains 1,000ml (1 litre)
A teaspoon of medicine contains 5ml.
A ‘pint’ of milk contains 568ml of milk.
A soft drink can contains 300ml
A family bottle of lemonade contains 2 litres.

16. Using a Measuring Container
140ml
Click on each object to see how much water it contains:
120ml
100ml
80ml
60ml
40ml
20ml
0ml

17. Teacher’s Resource: Measuring Container
350ml
700ml
14ml
140ml
3.5l
Change Scale
600ml 3l
120ml
12ml
300ml
100ml
2.5l
10ml
500ml
250ml
Add Water
400ml
8ml
200ml
80ml 2l
1.5l
300ml
150ml
60ml
6ml
100ml 1l
200ml
40ml
4ml
0.5l
50ml
100ml
20ml
2ml
0ml
0ml
0ml
0ml
0ml

18. Understanding Capacity
Remember:
1,000ml = 1L
Click on the question mark to find out the missing measurement.
Millilitres (ml)
Litres (L)
150ml
0.15L
2,150ml
2.15L
650ml
0.65L
9,500ml
9.5L
450ml
0.45L
Millilitres (ml)
Litres (l)
250ml
0.25L
2,950ml
2.95L
380ml
0.38L
720ml
0.72L
50ml
0.05L ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

19. Perimeter is how long a shape is around the outside.
6cm
3cm
6cm + 6cm + 3cm + 3cm = 18cm
3cm
3cm
5cm + 5cm + 3cm + 3cm = 16cm
5cm
5cm
Perimeter is how long a shape is around the outside.
6cm
8cm
8cm + 8cm + 2cm + 2cm = 20cm
3cm
2cm
2cm
8cm

20. Perimeter is how long a shape is around the outside.
12cm
6cm
6cm
Perimeter is how long a shape is around the outside.
12cm
12cm +
6cm +
12cm +
6cm =
The perimeter is 36cm

21. A Square A Rectangle 6cm 5cm 3cm 4cm 4cm 4cm
Can you work out the perimeter of these shapes?
The square has a perimeter of 20cm (5cm + 5cm + 5cm + 5cm)
3cm
The rectangle has a perimeter of 18cm (3cm + 6cm + 3cm + 6cm)
4cm
4cm
The triangle has a perimeter of 12cm (4cm + 4cm + 4cm)
4cm

22. A Rhombus 6cm 7cm 40 cm 6cm 4cm 24cm 12cm 5cm 8cm 8cm
An Isosceles Triangle
A Rhombus
A Rectangle
6cm
7cm
40 cm
6cm
A perimeter of 24cm
A perimeter of 18cm
4cm
Can you work out the perimeter of these shapes?
24cm
12cm
A perimeter of 128cm
5cm
8cm
8cm
A perimeter of 40cm (Not all sides are labelled!)

23. The area is how much space a shape takes up.
Calculating Area
The area is how much space a shape takes up.
This shape has an area of 12cm².
This shape has an area of 20cm² (There are 20 ‘1cm’ squares inside)

24. Calculating Area 16cm² 16cm² 24cm² 14cm²
What is the area of each shape? Click on the shapes to reveal each answer.
14cm²

25. The quick way of calculating area is to multiply length x width.
8cm
4cm
2cm
16cm²
4cm
6cm
16cm²
The quick way of calculating area is to multiply length x width.
4cm
24cm²
Watch carefully, and you will also notice there is a quick way of calculating area.

26. The quick way of calculating area is to multiply length x width.
6cm
4cm
2cm
12cm²
The quick way of calculating area is to multiply length x width.
5cm
6cm
20cm²
3cm
18cm²
Calculate the area of these shapes. Click on each shape to reveal the answer

27. 4cm
32cm²
9cm
8cm
108cm²
12cm
6cm
24cm²
Can you find the area of these shapes? Click each shape to reveal the answer
4cm

28. Can you find the area of these shapes?
30cm²
14cm²
8cm²
19cm²
Can you find the area of these shapes?
12cm²

29. The area is 48cm² (64cm² - 16cm²)
Finally can you find the area of these shapes? (Clue: can the shapes be divided up into smaller rectangles?)
4cm
8cm
The area is 48cm² (64cm² - 16cm²)
4cm
What is the area of the shaded orange part?
8cm