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Measurement Challenge Stations

Manaia, Mele and Finn are checking the measurements for a new hands-on science museum exhibit. Solve each station challenge. Show your working and include units in your answers.

Station 1: Choose and estimate

Read each museum task carefully. Think about the best tool, unit or measurement idea.

1.The team needs to measure a small metal gear to the nearest millimetre. Which tool is the best choice?

A ruler marked in millimetres
A bathroom scale
A stopwatch
A measuring jug

2.A tiny screw is about 4 cm long. Which unit would give the most useful measurement of its thickness?

Kilometres (km)
Metres (m)
Centimetres (cm)
Millimetres (mm)

3.Finn records the floor space taken up by a display as 24 square centimetres. Which symbol is the correct unit for this area?

cm
cm²
cm³
kg

4.Select every action that would help Mele measure a model accurately.

Line the object up with the ruler’s zero mark.
Keep the ruler straight along the object.
Measure twice and compare the results.
Choose a suitable unit for the object.
Tilt the ruler so it does not touch the object.

Station 2: Calculate and convert

Show your working. Remember to write the unit with each measurement.

5.Manaia measures a fossil replica as 18.4 cm long. Convert this length to millimetres.

6.A rectangular information panel is 14 cm long and 9 cm wide. What is its perimeter?

7.A floor mat at the exhibit covers 8 rows of 6 one-square-centimetre tiles. What is the area of the mat?

8.A clear storage box measures 12 cm × 5 cm × 4 cm. Find its volume in cm³. Then convert the volume to litres. Use 1,000 cm³ = 1 L.

Station 3: Match, reason and design

Finish the museum team’s measurement records.

9.Match each measurement type to its most suitable unit: length, area, volume and mass.

Length
Area
Volume
Mass

cm²
kg
cm³
m

10.Mele measured a model twice and got 23.1 cm and 23.2 cm. What is a sensible measurement to record, and why is checking twice useful?

11.Design a rectangular label for a museum display. Draw a rectangle, label its sides with whole-number lengths in centimetres, then calculate its area and perimeter.