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Year 3 Maths Measurement Assessment 1

1. Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure to the nearest
appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels.

2. Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, <
and =.

3. Recognise and use symbols for dollars ($) and cents (c); combine amounts to make a
particular value.

4. Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money.

5. Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of

money of the same unit, including giving change.

6. Compare and sequence intervals of time.

7. Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the
hands on a clock face to show these times.

8. Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.

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Year 3 Maths Measurement Assessment 1

total marks

1. Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure to the nearest
appropriate unit, using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels.
a) Draw a line from the length or distance to which standard unit you would use to
measure it.
1 mark

kilometres length of a playground

distance from Sydney to

centimetres
Canberra

metres length of a pencil

b) Tick the line that is 8cm long.

1 mark

c) How much milk is in the jug?

1 mark

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d) I pour out half of the milk. How much is left in the jug?
1 mark

e) The thermometer shows the temperature in the classroom. Estimate the

temperature.
1 mark

2. Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, 1 mark
< and =.
a) Here are some drinks. Each drink has the size written beneath. Write the
measurements in order from the smallest to the largest.

750ml 250ml 1 litre 2 litres ½ litre

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b) Put < > or = in these sentences.

3 marks

½ kg 750g

1500ml 1 litre

100cm 1m

3. Recognise and use symbols for dollars ($) and cents (c); combine amounts to make
a particular value. 2 marks

Jemma pays ninety-five cents for a drink. Circle the coins that she might use.

Write ninety-five cents in figures:

4. Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money.
4 marks
Hannah has 15c in her pocket. What coins might she have? Find 4 different ways
to do it.

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5. Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of

money of the same unit, including giving change. 1 mark

a) Maya buys a pencil and a rubber. How much does she spend?

25c 35c

b) Jan’s mum spends 65c on a newspaper. How much change will she get from $1?

1 mark

65c

6. Compare and sequence intervals of time.

1 mark
Put these intervals of time in order from shortest to longest.

1 hour 75 minutes 2 hours 20 minutes

7. Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and
draw the hands on a clock face to show these times. 2 marks

Put hands on the clocks so they show the times shown below.

a) half past 9 b) ten to 6

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What time do the following clocks show?

2 marks

c) d)

8. Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.
3 marks

a) How many minutes in 1 hour?

b) How many hours in 1 day?

c) How many hours in 2 days?

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Year 3 Maths Measurement Assessment 1 Answers

Question Answer Marks Notes

1. Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure to the nearest appropriate unit, using rulers,
scales, thermometers and measuring vessels.

kilometres length of a playground

distance from Sydney to

a centimetres
Canberra 1 1 mark for all correct

metres length of a pencil

Award ½ a mark if the child has answered

b 1
correctly but not put cm in the answer box

Award ½ a mark if the child has answered

c 300ml 1
correctly but not put ml in the answer box.
Award ½ a mark if the child has answered
d 150ml 1
correctly but not put ml in the answer box.
Award ½ a mark if the child has answered
e Accept between 20°C and 25°C exclusive 1 within the range but not put °C in the answer
box.

2. Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/capacity and record the results using >, < and =.

a 250ml, 1/2 litre, 750ml, 1 litre, 2 litres 1 Award one mark all correct

>
½ kg 750g

b 1500ml > 1 litre 3 1 mark for each correct answer

100 cm = 1m

3. Recognise and use symbols for dollars ($) and cents (c); combine amounts to make a particular value.

Circled – 50c, 20c, 20c, 5c 1 mark for the coins correctly circled to the
(accept other correct answers) value of 95c
2
1 mark for the value written correctly. Also
95c accept $0.95.

4. Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money.

Accept any combinations of coins which total

4 1 mark for each correct combination.
15c.
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Question Answer Marks Notes

5. Solve simple problems in a practical context involving addition and subtraction of money of the same unit, including
giving change.
Award ½ mark if unit of measure has not been
a 60c 1
used.
Award ½ mark if unit of measure has not been
b 35c 1
used.

6. Compare and sequence intervals of time.

20 minutes, 1 hour, 75 minutes, 2 hours 1

7. Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to
show these times.

Accept hands where it is clear which is

minutes and which is hours. Accept hour hand
a 9:30 1
if it is approximately half way between 9 and
10.

Accept hands where it is clear which is

b 5:50 1 minutes and which is hours. Hour hand should
be closer to 6 than 5.

c 3:45 or quarter to 4 1

d 1:20 or twenty past 1 1

8. Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day.

a 60 1

b 24 1

c 48 1
Total
25