Measuring
Measure and compare length, mass, capacity and time, and convert between units.
What your child learns
- Choose the right unit: cm, m, km, g, kg, ml, l
- Read scales and rulers
- Convert units (1 m = 100 cm, 1 kg = 1,000 g)
Example
2 km 300 m = 2,300 m.
Practice questions
A taste of the questions in BloomTracks – the app makes fresh ones every time and adjusts the level as your child answers.
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Question 1 · Level 1
Which one is the heaviest?
- 🍎 apple
- 📚 stack of books
- 🪶 feather
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Answer: 📚 stack of books
The stack of books is the heaviest.
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Question 2 · Level 3
Which unit is best for measuring the thickness of a coin?
- cm
- m
- km
- mm
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Answer: mm
We would measure the thickness of a coin in mm.
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Question 3 · Level 5
6 L 800 ml of juice is shared equally into 5 cups. How many ml in each cup?
Show the answer
Answer: 1360
6800 ÷ 5 = 1360 ml.
Try it at home
Bake together and measure ingredients in grams and millilitres.
Key takeaway
Bigger units mean smaller numbers: 200 cm is only 2 m.
Practise measuring with Bloomie
Bloomie reads every question aloud, listens to spoken answers and adapts the difficulty one question at a time.