Learning Map

Measurement

Length, mass, time, money and area — 68 skills across 7 years. Every skill below shows what it builds on and how to tell your child has it.

Mathematics68 skillsages 4–11

Grouped by the age children typically start each skill. Ages are typical, not deadlines — follow your child’s pace.

Around age 4

Comparing Capacityages 4–6AC ✓ Comparing durationsages 4–6AC ✓ Comparing Lengths & Heightsages 4–6AC ✓ Measurable Attributes of Objectsages 4–6AC ✓ Measuring mass and weight (age 4+)ages 4–6AC ✓ Ordering Events in Timeages 4–6AC ✓

Around age 5

Capacity and volumeages 5–6AC ✓ Coin Valuesages 5–6 Days, Weeks, Months & Yearsages 5–6AC ✓ Measuring length and height (age 5+)ages 5–6AC ✓ Measuring mass and weightages 5–6AC ✓ Telling time to the minuteages 5–6AC ✓ Telling Time: Hours and Half Hoursages 5–6AC ✓

Around age 6

Adding money and giving changeages 6–7AC ✓ Choosing measurement unitsages 6–7AC ✓ Comparing and ordering measurementsages 6–7AC ✓ Measuring lengthages 6–7AC ✓ Measuring length (age 6+)ages 6–7AC ✓ Money Addition & Subtractionages 6–7AC ✓ Number of minutes in an hourages 6–7AC ✓ Pounds & Pence Notationages 6–7AC ✓ Sequence intervals of timeages 6–7AC ✓ Telling Time: Minutesages 6–7AC ✓

Around age 7

Addition and subtraction word problemsages 7–8AC ✓ Calculating with measurementsages 7–8AC ✓ Comparing lengths by measuringages 7–8AC ✓ Comparing Time Durationsages 7–8AC ✓ Estimating answers (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Estimating Lengthsages 7–8AC ✓ Giving Changeages 7–8AC ✓ Halves and quarters (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Measuring & Plotting Lengthsages 7–8AC ✓ Measuring length (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Measuring Perimetersages 7–8AC ✓ Measuring with different unitsages 7–8AC ✓ Telling time to the minute (age 7+)ages 7–8AC ✓ Time Units and Calendar Factsages 7–8AC ✓

Around age 8

12-hour and 24-hour timeages 8–9AC ✓ Area (age 8+)ages 8–9AC ✓ Area and the distributive propertyages 8–9AC ✓ Area by Tilingages 8–9 Area of compound shapesages 8–9AC ✓ Converting measurement unitsages 8–9AC ✓ Estimating and comparing moneyages 8–9AC ✓ Halves and quarters (age 8+)ages 8–9AC ✓ Measuring Liquids & Massesages 8–9AC ✓ Numbers on a number lineages 8–9AC ✓ Perimeters of polygonsages 8–9AC ✓ Telling time to the minute (age 8+)ages 8–9AC ✓ Understanding angles (age 8+)ages 8–9AC ✓ Understanding Areaages 8–9AC ✓

Around age 9

Converting measurement units (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓ Estimating answers (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓ Estimating volumeages 9–10AC ✓ Fractions on a number lineages 9–10AC ✓ Measurement Line Plotsages 9–10AC ✓ Metric & Imperial Conversionages 9–10AC ✓ Perimeter of Compound Shapesages 9–10AC ✓ Telling time to the minute (age 9+)ages 9–10AC ✓

Around age 10

Area of Triangles & Parallelogramsages 10–11AC ✓ Counting Unit Cubesages 10–11AC ✓ Decimal place valueages 10–11AC ✓ Estimating answers (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Measurement Conversionsages 10–11AC ✓ Measuring length (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Miles & Kilometresages 10–11 Perimeter (age 10+)ages 10–11AC ✓ Volume as additiveages 10–11AC ✓

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