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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
Audience	Teacher
Purpose	Teaching resource, Teaching strategies
Format	Downloadable resources
Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches	Questioning, Explicit teaching
Keywords	metric units, converting, explicit teaching
Curriculum alignment
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
National numeracy learning progression	Understanding units of measurement - UuM8 Multiplicative strategies Operating with decimals
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