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Understanding Measurement Units

Aisha, Sione and Hemi are helping prepare a Matariki celebration. Use metric units throughout. Show your working for calculations and include units in your answers.

Length: 1 km = 1,000 m; 1 m = 100 cm = 1,000 mm

Mass: 1 tonne = 1,000 kg; 1 kg = 1,000 g

Capacity: 1 L = 1,000 mL

Area: 1 m² = 10,000 cm²

Choose and compare units

1.Aisha measures a banner for the celebration. Which unit is most suitable for recording its length if it is about 6 m long?

millimetres (mm)
centimetres (cm)
metres (m)
kilometres (km)

2.Sione needs to weigh a large sack of kūmara for a shared meal. Choose the most sensible unit from milligrams, grams, kilograms or tonnes, and explain why.

3.Hemi says, “A 1.5 L drink container holds 150 mL.” Is he correct? Write the correct capacity in millilitres.

TrueFalse

Convert for the celebration

4.The group walks 2.35 km to collect supplies. Convert this distance to metres.

5.A bag of flour has a mass of 3,750 g. Write its mass in kilograms.

6.A recipe needs 0.85 L of water. Convert this amount to millilitres.

7.A rectangular display cloth is 2.4 m long and 1.5 m wide. Calculate its area in square metres, then convert the area to square centimetres.

Solve the measurement puzzle

8.Three sealed containers hold 750 mL, 1.2 L and 0.95 L of soup. Arrange their capacities from smallest to largest, giving all three in millilitres.

9.A roll of ribbon is 8.6 m long. The group uses 275 cm. How many metres of ribbon remain?

10.A delivery of fruit has a total mass of 1.25 tonnes. It is divided equally among 5 celebration tables. What mass, in kilograms, goes to each table?