Estimate in metres and describe a metre in different ways | Maths

Starter quiz

Look at the picture. Which is taller, the elephant or the giraffe?
- elephant
- giraffe ✓
Look at the picture. Which is longer, the blue ribbon or the yellow ribbon?
- blue ribbon ✓
- yellow ribbon
Match the calculations to their answer.
- 2 x 10 =
  
  ⇔
  
  20 ✓
- 5 x 10 =
  
  ⇔
  
  50 ✓
- 9 x 10 =
  
  ⇔
  
  90 ✓
- 4 x 10 =
  
  ⇔
  
  40 ✓
- 7 x 10
  
  ⇔
  
  70 ✓
How many tens are there in 60?
- '6' ✓
How many tens are there in 100?
- '10' ✓
Look at the picture. Which car has travelled the furthest?
- The blue car.
- The red car. ✓
- The green car.

A given value, number or quantity that is near to the true amount is known as ______
- a metre
- a centimetre
- an estimate ✓
Which of these would you use metres to measure the height or length of?
- Length of a pen.
- Height of a tree. ✓
- Height of a toy car.
- Length of a banana.
How many centimetres are there in one metre?
- 1
- 10
- 100 ✓
I have a piece of ribbon that is 70 cm long. Is this ribbon shorter or longer than one metre?
- Longer
- Shorter ✓
How many 10 cm lengths will we get if we cut a 60 cm piece of ribbon up into 10 cm lengths?
- '6' ✓
A whole length of string has been cut into 3 equal pieces and each of those pieces is 10 cm. What length is the whole piece of string?
- '30 cm' ✓

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The length or height of an object can be estimated using the standardised unit of metres.
One hundred, 1 cm lengths are the same as 1 m.
Ten, 10 cm lengths are the same as 100 cm, which is the same as 1 m.

100 cm is bigger than 1 m.

1 m is equal in length or height to 100 cm. 100 cm make up 1 m. They are the same length or height.

Estimate - An estimate is a given value, number or quantity that is near to the true amount.
Metre - A metre is a standardised unit of measurement. We can abbreviate metre to m.
Centimetre - A centimetre is a standardised unit of measurement. We can abbreviate centimetre to cm.