Measurement

What is Measurement?

Maths is Fun website is a great resource to understand definitions of mathematics terms with examples.

See the video for an introduction on basic measurement.

Level 2 - Stage 5

Estimating and measuring
  • Lengths (including perimeter)
  • Capacity and volume
  • Area
  • Mass
  • Temperature
  • Time


Measure using appropriate metric units (with no gaps or overlaps). Read the symbols for metric units
  • Length (mm, cm, m, km)
  • Area (cm2, m2)
  • Weight/Mass (g, kg)
  • Volume and Capacity (L, ml)
  • Time
  • Temperature


Read and draw times in hours, half hours and quarter hours
Use a calendar to name the month of the year and use ordinal numbers for dates and months
Read and write prices

Level 3 - Stage 6

  • Lengths (including perimeter)
  • Capacity and volume
  • Area
  • Mass
  • Temperature
  • Time
  • Angles


Equivalents in length, volume, weight
  • 1 km = 1000m
  • 1m = 100cm
  • 1cm = 10mm
  • 1L = 1000mL
  • 1/2 L = 500mL
  • 1.5 L = 1, 500mL
  • 1kg = 1, 000g
  • ½ kg = 500g


Find the perimeter of various shapes
Describe the relative size of a kilometre, metre, centimetre and millimetre in everyday contexts
  • Read angles using a protractor
  • Know and describe 360°, 180°, 90°, 45° angles
  • Know the interior sum of any triangle
Read a variety of timetables in order to gain information
Convert analogue time to digital time and vice versa