This week we are going to have lots of fun measuring practically!
Hopefully the weather will stay nice so you can do some of your measuring outside.
Activity ideas – Length
- Measure the area of your bedroom. Use a tape measure or any other measuring tools you have at home to measure the length and width of your room. Now use long multiplication or a calculator to x the two numbers together to find the area.
- Use a tape measure to measure the perimeter or your garden, add up the length of the sides.
- Make a ramp and then measure how far different cars travel. You could use different materials on the ramp to see if they effect how far the car travels.
Capacity
- Collect a variety of containers, now estimate how much liquid you think each will hold and then measure accurately using a measuring jug (ask and adult and be careful with this).
- Can you make a potion/perfume/special drink containing different liquids? Write a recipe for others to follow with how many ml of each liquid is needed.
Weight
- You could bake something with your family, this involves lots of weighing of different ingredients. Maybe you could create or adapt your own recipe.
- If you have bathroom scales use these to weigh a variety of objects around your home.
- If any of you do not have scales in the home, you could estimate how heavy and object is and compare with other objects.
After you’ve had a go at some of the practical activities, have a look at these worksheets which contain the sort of questions you will see in assessments.
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And finally for those who like a super challenge, some Year 6 worded problems.
Year 6 Measurement Solve Problems Units of Measure Maths Mastery Challenge Cards
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