Kitchen scales 

Use this diagnostic task to assess a student's understanding of mass and the graduations on a kitchen scale.

Additional details

Year level(s) Year 5
Audience Teacher
Purpose Assessment advice, Assessment task
Format Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches Questioning, Feedback

Curriculum alignment

Strand and focus Measurement
Topics Using units of measurement
AC: Mathematics (V9.0) content descriptions
AC9M5M01
Choose appropriate metric units when measuring the length, mass and capacity of objects; use smaller units or a combination of units to obtain a more accurate measure

Numeracy progression Understanding units of measurement (P8)

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Department of Education WA

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