Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 9: Length and mass

Strand Measurement
Level Level 3
Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 3). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Choose and use metres or centimetres to estimate and measure a length (M1), Choose and use kilograms or grams to estimate and weigh a mass (M2), Measure to the nearest appropriate unit with a ruler or a scale (M5), Compare and order lengths and masses, using and = (M6), Add and subtract lengths and masses in m and cm, and kg and g.

Open Level 3 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Choose metres, centimetres, kilograms or grams
Measure a length with a ruler to the nearest centimetre
Read a scale to the nearest mark
Know 100 cm = 1 m and 1000 g = 1 kg
Compare, order, add and subtract lengths and masses

You should already know

Counting in tens and hundreds (chapter 1)
Adding and subtracting within 1000 (chapters 4 and 5)

Where this leads

Level 3 check (chapter 10)

Lessons in this chapter

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).