Year 6: Measuring

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Year 6 Measuring
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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
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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 peoples
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.
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Understanding Length
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!
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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
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Understanding Length
60cm
10cm
0cm
20cm
30cm
40cm
50cm
70cm
80cm
90cm
100cm
10cm
20cm
30cm
40cm
70cm
50cm
60cm
80cm
90cm
1 met.
0cm
There are 100cm in 1 metre
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Understanding Length
0mm
10mm
5mm
20mm
30mm
40mm
50mm
1cm
2cm
3cm
4cm
5cm
0cm
There are 10mm in 1cm
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Measuring to the nearest mm Click on the object
to see what it measures. Click on the object
again to make it disappear.
0
1cm
2cm
3cm
4cm
5cm
6cm
7cm
8cm
9cm
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Comparing Measurements Chart
Length Weight Capacity
10mm 1cm 100cm 1 metre 1,000 metres 1km 1,000g 1kg 1,000 ml 1 litre
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Understanding Weight
Remember 1,000g 1kg
Click on the question mark to find out the
missing measurement.
Grams (g) Kilograms (Kg)
500g 0.5kg
2,000g 2kg
200gm 0.2kg
1,500g 1.5kg
2750g 2.75kg
Grams (g) Kilograms (Kg)
500g 0.5kg
4,000g 4kg
900g 0.9kg
3000g 3kg
300g 0.3kg
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Click on the object to see what it weighs
0g
350g
50g
300g
100g
250g
150g
200g
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Using Different ScalesChoose 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
350g
700g
2.8kg
140g
1,400g1.4kg
100g
400g
20g
200g
50g
0 to 800g
300g
600g
2.4kg
120g
1,200g1.2kg
100g
200g
800g
40g
400g
0 to 160g
1,000g 1kg
250g
500g
2kg
100g
150g
300g
1.2kg
60g
600g
0 to 1.6kg
200g
400g
1.6kg
80g
800g
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Interpreting Scales
Change Scale
60g
50g
100g
120g
200g
240g
20g
24g
1.25kg
1.5kg
70g
140g
280g
28g
1.75kg
40g
80g
160g
16g
1kg
80g
160g
320g
32g
2kg
30g
60g
120g
12g
750g
90g
36g
2.25kg
180g
360g
20g
40g
80g
8g
500g
100g
200g
400g
40g
2.5kg
10g
4g
250g
20g
40g
110g
220g
440g
44g
2.75kg
Click on each interval line to make the arrow
appear. Click in the same place to make it
disappear.
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Teachers Resource Scales
1.75kg
10g
20g
30g
40g
70g
50g
60g
80g
90g
100g
0g
250g
500g
750g
1kg
1.25kg
1.5kg
2kg
2.25kg
2.5kg
0g
50g
100g
150g
200g
350g
250g
300g
400g
450g
500g
0g
40g
80g
120g
160g
280g
200g
240g
320g
360g
400g
0g
0.5kg
1kg
1.5kg
2kg
3.5kg
2.5kg
3kg
4kg
4.5kg
5kg
0g
5g
10g
15g
20g
35g
25g
30g
40g
45g
50g
0g
1kg
2kg
3kg
4kg
7kg
5kg
6kg
8kg
9kg
10kg
0g
Change Scale
Add Weight
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Choosing Units of Measurement
Which unit of measurement would you use to
measure these objects?
The length of my fingernail
The distance to Manchester
The length of the classroom
The length of a pencil
Height of your friend
The distance to your holiday destination
The height of a building
The thickness of a book
Millimetres (mm) Centimetres (cm) Metres (m) Kilometres (km)

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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.
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Using a Measuring Container
140ml
Click on each object to see how much water it
contains
120ml
100ml
80ml
60ml
40ml
20ml
0ml
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Teachers Resource Measuring Container
140ml
14ml
350ml
700ml
3.5l
120ml
Change Scale
12ml
300ml
600ml
3l
100ml
10ml
250ml
500ml
2.5l
Add Water
80ml
8ml
200ml
400ml
2l
1.5l
60ml
6ml
150ml
300ml
40ml
4ml
100ml
200ml
1l
20ml
2ml
50ml
100ml
0.5l
0ml
0ml
0ml
0ml
0ml
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Understanding Capacity
Remember 1,000ml 1L
Click on the question mark to find out the
missing measurement.
Millilitres (ml) Litres (l)
250ml 0.25L
2,950ml 2.95L
380ml 0.38L
720ml 0.72L
50ml 0.05L
Millilitres (ml) Litres (L)
150ml 0.15L
2,150ml 2.15L
650ml 0.65L
9,500ml 9.5L
450ml 0.45L
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Perimeter
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
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Perimeter
12cm
6cm
6cm
Perimeter is how long a shape is around the
outside.
12cm
6cm
12cm
12cm
6cm
The perimeter is 36cm
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A Square
A Rectangle
6cm
5cm
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
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An Isosceles Triangle
A Rhombus
A Rectangle
6cm
7cm
40cm
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!)
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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)
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Calculating Area






16cm²











16cm²
24cm²
What is the area of each shape? Click on the
shapes to reveal each answer.
14cm²
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Calculating Area
8cm
4cm






2cm
16cm²
4cm
6cm




16cm²
4cm
The quick way of calculating area is to multiply
length x width.
24cm²
Watch carefully, and you will also notice there
is a quick way of calculating area.
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Calculating Area
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
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4cm
32cm²
9cm
8cm
108cm²
12cm
6cm
24cm²
Can you find the area of these shapes? Click
each shape to reveal the answer
4cm
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30cm²
14cm²
8cm²
19cm²
Can you find the area of these shapes?
12cm²
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The area is 80cm²
10cm
60cm²
50cm²
8cm
6cm
10cm
3cm
9cm²
7cm
20cm²
5cm
The area is 59cm²
10cm
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