Reading between scale marks
Interpret unmarked and partial units on scaled instruments and read digital instruments when measuring length, mass, capacity, duration and temperature, using appropriate units
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“Reading between scale marks means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
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- Place-value cards or columns (hundreds/tens/ones)
- Digit cards 0–9
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Worked example. In 243, the 2 means 2 hundreds, the 4 means 4 tens, the 3 means 3 ones.
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Reading between scale marks means practising the idea at the table with counters or paper models and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: Place-value cards or columns (hundreds/tens/ones); Digit cards 0–9. Adult builds 243 and names hundreds, tens, ones. Child builds three numbers and names each place. Done: three numbers built with correct place names. Stop after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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KS2 Maths
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Check understanding
- Read 500 g on kitchen scales numbered every 200 g where the pointer sits halfway between 400 g and 600 g
- Read 175 ml on a jug marked every 50 ml and 23 degrees on a thermometer marked every 2 degrees
- Read and record a time of 1 minute 26.4 seconds from a digital stopwatch and a length of 12.7 cm on a ruler
“When your child helps with baking, can they read the scales when the pointer is between two numbers — like halfway between 400 g and 600 g?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Domain
- Measurement
- Age range
- Ages 9–10
Standards