Glossary
The language of measurement
Useful terms
Measuring devices
Units
Abbreviations (shortened versions) for units
Time
Length
Mass
Capacity
Appropriate units
Estimating quantities
Word questions
Time
Reading tables
Scales
Reading scales
Showing values on scales
Perimeter
Shapes on a grid
Shapes with linear sides
Things to look out for
Challenge 1
Circles
Compound shapes
Word questions
Challenge 2
Area
Shapes on a grid
Challenge 3
Quadrilaterals
Triangles
Mixing it up
Things to look out for
Challenge 4
Circles
Compound shapes
Shapes with holes
Summary
Word questions
Challenge 5
Volume
Cuboids with cube blocks
Cuboids
Compound shapes with cube blocks
Compound cuboids
One-litre challenge
Revision 1
Revision 2
Answers
Charlotte has over 10 years’ experience in teaching Mathematics, the majority of this as Assistant HOD of Mathematics and Dean of Year 9 at Darfield High School. She has also undertaken a year at St Margaret’s – a high decile, girls’ school. Here she focused on teaching the junior levels (including Year 7 and 8).
Victoria has twenty years’ experience in teaching Mathematics and has recently retired as Teacher of Mathematics and Specialist Classroom Teacher at Riccarton High School. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).