Explain why standard units of measure are needed

Maths

In this unit pupils will choose, use and compare appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height mass, temperature, capacity to the nearest appropriate unit.  In the future unit pupils will use weighing scales up to 1kg and tools to measure volume and capacity up to 1 litre. They will measure mass from 0 to above 1kg and measure volume from 0 to above 1 litre. 

In the prior unit pupils learned that polygons could be described sorted compared and named according to the number of sides and vertices They described 3D shapes finding different ways to sort and compare them In this unit pupils will choose use and compare appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height mass temperature capacity to the nearest appropriate unit

Sense of measure - capacity, volume and mass

No, we can only use cubes as a unit of measure.

Jun asked Aisha this question. What is the answer to the question?

The toy car is as heavy as {{ }} dominoes.

Pedro, Freda and Claire used different-sized footsteps to measure.

In the story about Pedro Panda and Sydney Snake, why was the bed too small for Sydney?

A __________ unit of measure does not get larger or smaller. It will always be the same size.

Which of these units is a standard unit of measure?

Who has used a standard unit of measure to find the height of the astronaut?

Lucas measured the length of this leaf. It is 4 dominoes __________.

Sofia measured the __________ of the robot. It is 13 blocks tall.

To find how far something has travelled, we measure the __________.

What is the height of the doll? The doll is {{ }} blocks tall.

What is the distance that the car has travelled? {{ }} cubes.

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