Checking and securing understanding of scales and conversion | Maths

Starter quiz

Select the standard metric units.

metre ✓

mile

ounce

gram ✓

litre ✓
Match each measurement to an equivalent measurement.

1 metre

⇔

1000 millimetres ✓

1 kilogram

⇔

1000 grams ✓

1 millilitre

⇔

0.001 litres ✓

100 centimetres

⇔

1 metre ✓

1 centimetre

⇔

10 millimetre ✓

1000 metres

⇔

1 kilometre ✓
This ratio table shows that $a$ = ______.

'5500' ✓
Lucas uses 450 g self-raising flour to make a sponge. Lucas should use ______ eggs for his sponge.

'8' ✓
Aisha uses 2.5 lemons to make a sponge. Aisha should use ______ tsp of vanilla extract for her sponge.

'5 ' ✓
Using 1 ft = 12 in and 3 ft ≈ 1 yd means 6 yd ≈ ______ in.

'216' ✓

Each interval on this ______ is 0.1 as there is a difference of 1 unit over 10 intervals. The arrow is pointing at 35.6.

'scale' ✓
The arrow on this scale is pointing at ______.

'12.6' ✓
The arrow on this scale is pointing at ______.

'41.5' ✓
1 cup is equivalent to 16 tablespoons. Match each quantity to its equivalent quantity.

3 cups

⇔

48 tablespoons ✓

4 tablespoons

⇔

0.25 cups ✓

1.5 cups

⇔

24 tablespoons ✓

8 tablespoons

⇔

0.5 cups ✓
12 tablespoons are equivalent to 1.5 sticks. This means that 1 stick is equivalent to ______ tablespoons.

'8' ✓
Approximately 28 grams are equivalent to 1 ounce (oz). There are 16 ounces in a pound. The arrow on this scale is pointing at approximately ______ kilograms.

'1.96' ✓

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Pupils may assume every scale increases by 1 each time or that there are 10 increments.

Ensure pupils are counting how many gaps along the scale and calculating the increment size.

Metric units - Metric units are based around the standard units of metre, gram and litre.
Imperial - Imperial is a system of units for measuring, which was created in the early 1800s, during the British Empire.
Interval - An interval is the space between two values or points. On a scale, intervals are shown using a small mark or line to show the space between.