Uncle Russ's Measuring Task

Further Practice

Some of the essential skills introduced in this lesson are unit of measurement (length, mass, volume, capacity), (metric), unit conversion (metric and imperial). The relevant skills can be found on DrFrostMaths, CorbettMaths, MyiMaths and Eedi. Watch any video and/or go through any online lesson as you see fit.

Transum

• Converting Standard Units: Converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from one unit of measure to another.

• Measuring Units: Check your knowledge of the units used for measuring with this self-marking quiz about metric and imperial units.

• Metric Units Pairs: Find the matching pairs of equivalent metric units in this interactive online game.

• Mileometer: Practise converting between miles and kilometres with this self marking quiz.

• Imperial Units: Learn about common imperial units and how they relate to other units of measurement.

• Imperial Units Pairs: Find the matching pairs of equivalent imperial units in this interactive online game.

• Sorting Units: Order the ten containers according to their value (money, length and weight)

• Bottles, Boxes and Cans: Estimate the capacity of the bottles, boxes and cans in the photograph and answer questions about volume.

• Compound Units: Practise using compound units such as speed, unit pricing and density to solve problems.

• Screen Test: Memorise the mathematical facts in the video then answer the ten quiz questions.

For more goodies on measures on Transum, click on the hyperlink.

Extension

Take a look this interesting video on Why the metric system matters by Matt Anticole.

If you are interested, you may wish to find out more about the history of measurement, metric units, imperial units, US units, Chinese units, Hong Kong units, Indian units, and Myanmar units by clicking on the corresponding links.

Test yourself, click on the following quizzes. If you are not sure what the answer is, search it up on the internet!