Use known facts to carry out conversions that correspond to 10 and 100 parts

Maths

Convert from larger to smaller units of measure

Convert from smaller to larger units of measure

Convert to and from fraction and decimal quantities of larger units

Use known facts to derive common conversions over 1

Solve problems involving different units of measure

Understand approximate equivalence between metric and imperial units

Convert between miles and kilometres and pounds and Euro

Solve problems involving converting between units of time

Solve problems involving converting units in different contexts

In this unit pupils will apply memorised unit conversions to convert between units of measure, solve problems involving converting between units of time and money. In the future unit pupils will explain how one hundred thousand can be composed and read and write numbers up to one million 

In the prior unit pupils explained the effect of multiplying and dividing a number by 10, 100 and 1,000 and used their knowledge of multiplying decimal fractions by whole numbers to solve measures problems. In this unit pupils will apply memorised unit conversions to convert between units of measure  and solve problems involving converting between units of time and money. 

In this unit pupils will apply memorised unit conversions to convert between units of measure and solve problems involving converting between units of time and money.

Converting units

Look at the image. What is this length written as a decimal?

Order these distances from shortest to longest: 

Match the unit of measure to the correct abbreviation.

Which of these numbers are multiples of 10?

Which of these numbers are multiples of 100?

How many millimetres are there in a centimetre?

How many centimetres are there in one metre?

Use known facts to carry out conversions that correspond to 10 and 100 parts

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