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Year 5 (3A)
Measurement & Geometry
Chapter 12 | Measures
Overview
Rich tasks
- These are problem solving open-ended questions that require students to investigate measures and measuring using scales. The tasks can be given at the start of a topic and done as the students gain enough knowledge to complete them, inserted into a topic at an appropriate place, or given as homework or extension.
- Measure it up
- Which would you rather have?
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Reading scales
- Read scales, including those which don’t go up in ones, to the nearest tenth.
Choosing units and device
- Choose appropriate units and devices for measuring.
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Estimating and measuring
- Estimate length, weight and capacity, and carry out a variety of measuring tasks.
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Angles
- Know that angle is a measure of turn and is measured in degrees.
- Know the degrees in a quarter, half and full turn.
- Be able to recognise acute and obtuse angles.
