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Metric measurement: understanding, converting and calculating
This guide provides a sequence of small steps for exploring measures in context and deepening place value understanding. Focus includes using multiplying and dividing by 10, 100 and 1,000 when converting between units of length, mass and capacity, through to applying understanding and reasoning to solve worded problems.
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Year level(s) | Year 6 |
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Audience | Teacher |
Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
Format | Downloadable resources |
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Questioning, Explicit teaching |
Keywords | metric units, converting, explicit teaching |
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Curriculum connections | Numeracy |
Strand and focus | Measurement, Number, Build understanding |
Topics | Using units of measurement, Mass and capacity, Place value, Multiplication and division |
AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMMG135
Connect decimal representations to the metric system
ACMMG136
Convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity
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National numeracy learning progression |
Understanding units of measurement
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UuM8
Multiplicative strategies Operating with decimals |
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Organisation | White Rose Maths |
Copyright | © 2021 White Rose Maths. Free-for-education material. |
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