Starter quiz
Convert these kilograms to grams. ______ g- '3,000' ✓
- Convert 3 km to metres. ______ m
- '3,000' ✓
- Convert 8 m to milimetres.
- 800 mm
- 8,000 mm ✓
- 8,000 m
- 80 mm
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- Convert 7 litres to millilitres. ______ ml
- '7,000' ✓
Subtract 1,000 g from this amount shown on the scale. ______ g- '2,000' ✓
- Izzy has taken two parcels to the Post Office to be delivered. One has a mass of 3 kg. The other has a mass of 7 kg. What is their combined mass in grams? ______ g
- '10,000' ✓
Exit quiz
How many litres is equivalent to 2,000 ml?- 2 litres ✓
- 20 litres
- 200 litres
- 200 litres
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- 3,000 mm = ______ m
- '3' ✓
Convert 4,000 millilitres into litres. ______ l- '4' ✓
- Convert 8,000 g into kilograms. ______ kg
- '8' ✓
- Order these distances from shortest to longest:
- 1⇔4,000 m
- 2⇔5 km
- 3⇔7,000 m
- 4⇔9 km
- Oakley and Beau are dogs. Oakley has a mass of 7 kg and Beau has a mass of 5,000 g. What is the difference between their masses?
- 3 kg
- 2 kg ✓
- 1 kg
- 500 g
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- 1 m = 1,000 mm
- 1 kg = 1,000g
- 1 l = 1,000ml
- 1 km = 1,000m
Common misconception
Pupils may not remember whether a certain larger unit is comprised of 10, 100 or 1,000 smaller units - all of these are explored at some point in this sequence of lessons.
Spend time discussing the etymology of the words, and have these displayed in your environment. The prefix 'kilo' means 'one thousand' while the prefix 'milli' means 'one thousandth'.
Keywords
Equivalent - If two or more things have the same value, they are equivalent.
Convert - Convert means to change a value or expression from one form to another.
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