BBC Maths Workshop Series
Activity menu 1 (Yrs 3- 6)
Measures, Shape & Space

_USING THE VOCABULARY RELATED TO MEASURES

__Year 4

• Use correctly the abbreviations for units of length, mass and capacity
• length and mass only
• length, mass and capacity
• Length, mass, capacity and area

__Year 5

• Use correctly the abbreviations for units of length, mass and capacity
• length and mass only
• length, mass and capacity
• Length, mass, capacity and area

__Year 6

• Use correctly the abbreviations for units of length, mass and capacity
• length and mass only
• length, mass and capacity
• Length, mass, capacity and area (including imperial)

_KNOWING AND USING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILIAR UNITS

__Year 3

• Whole units, e.g. 1m=100cm (including abbreviations)
• Whole and half units (no abbreviations)
• Mixture of levels 1 and 2

__Year 4

• Whole and half units, e.g. ½ kg = 500g (including abbreviations)
• Whole, halves, quarters and three-quarters of a unit
• Wholes, halves, quarters and three-quarters, and 1/10 of a unit
• Halves, quarters and three-quarters, and 1/10 of a unit

__Year 5

• Wholes, halves, quarters and three-quarters, and 1/10 of a unit
• Halves, quarters and three-quarters, and 1/10 of a unit
• Halves, quarters and three-quarters, and 1/100 of a unit
• Emphasis on one tenth and one hundredth of a unit

__Year 6

• Wholes, halves, quarters, 1/10 and 1/100 of a unit
• Fractions as level one plus new units, 'tonne' and 'centilitre'
• Emphasis on new units 'tonne' and 'centilitre' including 1/1000
• Mixture of levels 1, 2 and 3

_KNOWING AND USING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FAMILIAR UNITS

__Year 4

• Larger unit as single-digit whole number only
• Larger unit as single-digit whole number only
• Includes conversions of metres to centimetres up to one d.p.

__Year 5

• Includes conversions of metres to centimetres up to one d.p.
• All units may be up to one decimal place
• Conversion from smaller to larger unit
• Conversion from smaller to larger unit

__Year 6

• Conversion of larger to smaller unit, up to three decimal places
• Conversion of smaller to larger unit, up to three decimal places
• A mixture of conversions in either direction

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