Year 1 · Mass and Capacity · Summary
Year 1 Mass and Capacity: summary and key words
Part of the Year 1 mass and capacity chapter. Chapter overview · whole chapter on one page
Chapter summary
| Skill | Method |
|---|---|
| Heavy and light | The side of the balance scale that goes down is the heavier side. |
| Heavier and lighter | Compare two things on a scale. Use the words heavier than or lighter than. |
| Counting cubes | Add cubes until the scale is level. Count the cubes. That is how heavy it is in cubes. |
| Full and empty | A full container has no room for more. An empty container has nothing inside. |
| Half and quarter full | Half full is halfway up. Quarter full is a quarter of the way up. Four quarters make one whole. |
| Measuring with cups | Fill the container with cups and count them. The number of cups is how much it holds. |
Can you…?
- I can say which object is heavy and which is light
- I can say which thing is heavier than another, using a balance scale
- I can count cubes to find out how heavy something is
- I can say which container is full, empty or part full
- I can say which container holds more, by counting cups
- I can say what half full and quarter full mean
Key terms
- mass
- how heavy something is
- heavy and light
- heavy means it weighs a lot; light means it weighs less
- heavier than
- weighs more than another thing
- lighter than
- weighs less than another thing
- balance scale
- a scale with a pan on each side, which shows which side is heavier
- cube
- a non-standard unit we count to measure how heavy something is
- capacity
- how much a container can hold
- full
- there is no room for more
- empty
- there is nothing inside
- half full
- the water reaches halfway up the container
- quarter full
- the water reaches a quarter of the way up the container
- cup
- a non-standard unit we use to measure capacity