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Understanding Measurement Importance

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Understanding Measurement Importance

A community market is being planned. Use measurement to make safe, fair and practical decisions. Show calculations and include units in your answers.

The market plan

The organisers have 18 metres of bunting. Each stall needs 2.4 m. A drink stall has a 12 L container and pours drinks into 250 mL cups. A fruit seller has 3.6 kg of apples and packs them into 600 g bags. The market site is a rectangle 24 m long and 15 m wide.

1.The organiser says each stall needs 2.4 m of bunting. How many complete stalls can be decorated with 18 m? Show your calculation and explain why measuring accurately matters here.
2.Convert the drink container’s capacity, 12 L, into millilitres. Include the conversion you use.
3.How many full 250 mL cups can be poured from 12 L, with no drink left over? Choose the correct answer.
  • 24 cups
  • 48 cups
  • 250 cups
  • 480 cups
4.The apples weigh 3.6 kg. Convert this mass to grams, then calculate how many full 600 g bags can be made.
5.Calculate the area of the rectangular market site, 24 m by 15 m. Give the correct unit and explain one way this measurement helps the organisers.
6.A builder measures a table space as 1.2 m long. Which is the same length in centimetres?
  • 12 cm
  • 120 cm
  • 1,200 cm
  • 0.12 cm
7.A race volunteer times two runners: Maia takes 15.8 seconds and Theo takes 16.2 seconds. Who finishes first, and by how many seconds?
8.Match each measurement to the reason it is important at the market.
  • Measuring a walkway width
  • Weighing fruit for sale
  • Timing food cooling
  • Making sure customers receive the agreed amount
  • Reducing the risk of serving unsafe food
  • Allowing people to move through safely
9.A volunteer says, “The 12 L container and 250 mL cup measurements do not need to be accurate; we can just guess.” Do you agree? Use the cup calculation to give one practical reason for your answer.

2 printable pages

  • Understanding Measurement Importance, page 1 of 2: The market plan

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  • Understanding Measurement Importance, page 2 of 2: 5. Calculate the area of the rectangular market site, 24 m by 15 m. Give the correct unit…

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