Starter quiz
- How many months are there in one year?
- '12' ✓
- How many minutes are there in one hour?
- '60' ✓
- 28 × 10 = ______
- '280' ✓
- Match the imperial measurement to the metric measurement that is most similar and used to measure a similar thing.
- gallons⇔litres ✓
- ounces⇔grams ✓
- miles⇔kilometres ✓
- Which of these statements is true?
- 5 km = 5 miles
- 5 km is approximately 8 miles
- 8 km is approximately 5 miles ✓
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- 4.5 × 2 = ______
- '9' ✓
Exit quiz
- Laura and her family are going on holiday. They are spending 2 weeks in Spain and 2 days in Portugal. How long are they on holiday for altogether, in days? ______ days
- '16' ✓
- It’s the summer holidays for the children of Oak Academy. They have four weeks and three days off. How long do they have off altogether, in days? ______ days.
- '31' ✓
- Laura and Andeep are competing against each other to beat a tricky level on Space Blasters. Laura clears it in exactly two hours and Andeep takes 115 minutes. Which of these statements is correct?
- Laura is quicker by 5 minutes. ✓
- Andeep is quicker by 5 minutes.
- Laura is quicker by 113 minutes.
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- Andeep lives 10 miles away from a theme park. Laura lives 20 km away from the theme park. How much further away does Laura live? ______ km (5 miles is approximately 8 km)
- '4' ✓
- Laura’s mum has a 2 gallon petrol can which is full. She accidentally knocks it over. 7 litres spill out of it. How much petrol is left in the can? ______ l (1 gallon is approximately 4.5 l)
- '2' ✓
- Laura’s mum has a 2 gallon petrol can. It is not full. It currently holds 5 litres. How much more petrol does it need to fill it? It needs ______ l more to fill it. (1 gallon is approximately 4 l)
- '4' ✓
Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Use known units of measure and their equivalents to solve problems
Common misconception
The most common mistake pupils will make when faced with these sorts of questions is not taking into account the unit conversion that needs to take place if the units of measure are mixed.
You may wish to consider drawing extra attention to the fact that the units of measure are different when presenting the Practice tasks, for example highlighting them in different colours if appropriate.
Keywords
Convert - Change a value or expression from one form to another, such as grams into kilograms.
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