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
Digital and analogue time
24- and 12-hour time
Word questions
Reading tables
Scales
Understanding scales
Reading scales
Showing values on scales
Perimeter
Shapes on a grid
Shapes with linear sides
Symbols on diagrams
Things to look out for
Working backwards
Compound shapes
Compound shapes with missing measurements
Word questions
Challenge 1
Area
Shapes on a grid
Rectangles on a grid
Rectangles using the formula
Quadrilaterals
Triangles
Things to look out for
Working backwards
Compound shapes
Shapes with holes
Word questions
Challenge 2
Volume
Cuboids with cube blocks
Cuboids using the formula
Things to look out for
Working backwards
Mixing it up
Revision 1
Revision 2
Answers
Charlotte Walker BEd, GradDipTchLn, MHealSc.Charlotte has over 10 years' experience in teaching Mathematics.
Victoria Walker BSc (Hons), GradDipTchLn. Victoria has twenty years' experience in teaching Mathematics. She has received a Jim Campbell award for teaching excellence (2003) and an Ernest Duncan award in Mathematics (2007).