Measuring weight

maths topics vocabulary

Measuring weight weight, kilogram, gram, balance scales,

Measuring capacity capacity, litre, millilitre, scale, add
Measures problems

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Adapted from MM 3B U18.2 & MIBS Page 1 of 11

 Learning objectives

Choose from 0-5 for each statement to express how well you can do these things.

0 • I can't do this at all.

1 = I can do this with a lot of help.
2 = I can do this a little.
3 = I can do this fairly well.
4 = I can do this really well.
5 = I can do this almost perfectly.

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Convert between metric units of weight

Measure weight in kg and g.

Measure capacity in I and ml.

Solve measurement problems.

Maths vocabulary

Write new items of maths vocabulary in this table:

Add translations and definitions as you work through the lessons.

When you have finished all your work, check your understanding and tick (V) 1-5.

word or phrase Translation or definition

Adapted from MM 3B U18.2 & MtBS Page 2 of 11

Measuring weight
We use kilograms to measure the weight of ......... objects.
John weighs 80 k.......g rams
We use g........... to measure the weight of ........... objects.

This salt weighs 80 grams.

kilogram (kg) = ...........grams (g)

1 What would you use to measure these things? Write kg or g.

carrots

- cole.-..on.o..-

2 Which is more likely? Circle the answer.

CHEESE
onions STRAWS

100 g or 100 kg

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More or less than 1 kilogram?

kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g)

A bag of sugar weighs 1 kilogram.

Circle the items that you think are less than 1 kilogram.
Hint You can estimate the weight or you can read the label.

DOTT
Baked
Beans Beetrodk PASTA
Mince

11 LULL LILA-

Grapes
FLOUR
Bacon
1.5 kg
miLtO
Leg of lamb

Chicken

Spaghetti salad
Mushrooms cream
565 c
100 g

UnTILI_
RICE
chicken nugget- New
Potatoes
1500 g
FOOTIE

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 More or less than ½ kilogram?
½ kilogram = 500 grams

Tick the items that you think are less than 2 kilogram.

Remember You can estimate the weight or read the label.

PASTA
Baked
Beans White Bread
$ 800 g<
Bacon (
LW

Biscuits AT LIm

cherries Grapes

4 Salad
cream
200 g M /DOUBIIN
565 g >
M

2 Draw a line between each item and its weight.

SUGAR
more than 3 kg
1000 g

Potatoes

3500 g
Chicken

about 12 kg

Tea bags

about ½ kg
FLOUR

2000

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 Reading scales

Every 10 kg are labelled.

The lines between show the kg.

There is 1 kg between each mark and the next.

FI Arrow A points to 1 kg.

What do the other arrows point to?

Arrow B points to Arrow C points to

Arrow D points to Arrow E points to

Arrow F points to Arrow G points to

Arrow H points to Arrow I points to

2 Put arrows on the scale pointing to these weights.

a 6 kg b 14 kg c 26 kg

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 Language help

desk heavier than pencil.

Normally, a laptop more expensive than phone.

Adjective Comparative
old older
one-syllable adjectives: add -er
cheap cheaper

bigger
hotter adjectives ending one vowel + one consonant: double consonant, add -er

dry drier
healthier one- or two-syllable adjectives ending consonant + y > -ier
healthy

famous more famous

two- or more syllable adjectives: more + adjective
expensive more expensive

good better
bad worse irregular
far further

Complete with a comparative adjective + than.

My sister is younger than me. She's only 18. (young)

1. The market is the supermarket for vegetables. (cheap)
2. Italian is for Spanish students it is for English students.
(easy)
3. It rains a lot in the spring. April is July. (wet)
4. This restaurant is when it first opened. (busy)
5. Come in the summer. The weather is in the spring. (good)
6. I love science. I find it history. (interesting)
7. London is from Newcastle Edinburgh. (far)
8. I'm my brother. He's very tall. (short)
9. The situation is it was last year. (bad)

10. Skiing iS thought it it was. (difficult)

Adapted from MM 3B U18.2 & MtBS Page 7 7 of 11

Heavy or light?

1 Which word describes each item?

heavy light

0-6 ®50
tank table £2 coin paperclip book
d e f

2 Fill in the missing words. heavier lighter

The tank is than the

b The £2 coin is than the table.

The TV is than the £2 coin.

d The table is than the tank.

The TV is than the book.

f The book is carina than the paperclip.

The book is than the table.

than the paperclip.

than the tank.

Ce The £2 coin is than the book.

k The paperclip is than the table.

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Heaviest or lightest?
Example
Which is the heaviest? SuOMI

Which is the lightest?

heaviest lightest

Remember The largest is not always the heaviest.

Fill in the missing words.

1 a The heaviest is the

coin
b The lightest is the

bread

2 a The lightest is the

brick b The heaviest is the

paAO

balloon
phone

3 a The heaviest is the

milk
bottle
b The lightest is the
feather
computer

is the television.

is the kite.
kite television

chair

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 6000 5000
Adapted MM from

8000 g 3000

Each of the weighing scales holds two boxes. Join the boxes to the scales in
pairs to make the totals. One box has been joined for you.

b) What is the difference between the heaviest and lightest parcels?

c) What is the total weight of 6 of the heaviest parcels? kg

d) What is the total weight of all the parcels? kg

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