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Measurement Concepts Practice

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Measurement Concepts Practice

Measurement Concepts Practice

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📏 Part 1: Choosing the Right Units

1. Circle the most appropriate unit for measuring each item:

a) Height of your classroom door:

centimetres

metres

kilometres

b) Mass of a textbook:

grams

kilograms

tonnes

c) Volume of water in a swimming pool:

millilitres

litres

cubic metres

📐 Part 2: Practical Measurement Problems

2. A rectangular garden bed is 3.5 metres long and 2 metres wide. Calculate the area of the garden bed.

Answer: __________ square metres

3. A water tank holds 500 litres when full. If it is currently 3/4 full, how many litres of water are in the tank?

Answer: __________ litres

4. Convert the following measurements:

a) 2.5 kilometres = __________ metres

b) 1500 grams = __________ kilograms

c) 3000 millilitres = __________ litres

🤔 Part 3: Reflection and Real-World Applications

5. Explain why we use different units for different types of measurements. Give one example.
6. Check all the situations where you would need to measure volume:

Filling a car's petrol tank

Buying fabric for curtains

Cooking with a recipe

Measuring your height

Filling a fish tank with water

🎯 Part 4: Extension Challenge

7. Estimation Challenge: Without using tools, estimate the following measurements, then explain your reasoning:

a) Length of your desk: __________ metres

Reasoning: ________________________________________________

b) Mass of a standard apple: __________ grams

Reasoning: ________________________________________________

8. A rectangular box has dimensions 20cm × 15cm × 10cm. Calculate its volume in cubic centimetres, then convert to litres.

Volume = __________ cm³ = __________ litres

Hint: 1000 cm³ = 1 litre

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