Measuring Liquids & Masses
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams, kilograms, and litres; solve one-step word problems involving mass or volume
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“If your child is filling bottles that each hold 250 ml from a 2-litre container of juice, can they work out how many bottles they can fill?”
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- Activity. Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams, kilograms, and litres; solve one-step word problems involving mass or volume
What to notice. Estimate the mass of a textbook in grams or kilograms • Read a scale to measure liquid volume in litres • Solve: 3 bags weigh 250 g each — what is the total mass?
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If your child is filling bottles that each hold 250 ml from a 2-litre container of juice, can they work out how many bottles they can fill?
Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams, kilograms, and litres; solve one-step word problems involving mass or volume
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- Estimate the mass of a textbook in grams or kilograms
- Read a scale to measure liquid volume in litres
- Solve: 3 bags weigh 250 g each — what is the total mass?
“If your child is filling bottles that each hold 250 ml from a 2-litre container of juice, can they work out how many bottles they can fill?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 8–9