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Step-by-step practice Maths textbook

Chapter 8: Metric length, mass and capacity

  • Strand Measurement
  • Level Level 5
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 5). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Convert between km and m, m and cm, cm and mm, kg and g, and l and ml (Y5 paraphrase), Add and subtract lengths, masses and capacities in the same or mixed units (Y4 and Y5 paraphrase), Estimate, measure and read scales with a suitable interval of 2, 5 or 10 units (Y5 paraphrase), Solve a problem with a total length, mass or capacity (Y5 paraphrase).

Open Level 5 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Convert between metric units of length, mass and capacity
  • Add and subtract measures in mixed units
  • Read a scale in steps of 2, 5 or 10 units
  • Choose a sensible metric unit
  • Solve problems with totals of measures

You should already know

  • Length, mass and capacity to the nearest unit (Level 4, chapter 8)
  • Decimals to hundredths (chapter 7)

Where this leads

  • Perimeter of shapes and the time and money problems (chapter 9)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 8.1 Converting length: km, m, cm and mm
  2. 8.2 Converting mass and capacity: kg, g, litres and ml
  3. 8.3 Adding and subtracting measures
  4. 8.4 Reading scales and choosing units
  5. 8.5 Problems with totals of length, mass and capacity
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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