Comparing and ordering measurements
Compare and order lengths, mass, and capacity and record results using >, <, and =
How to tell they’ve got it
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Try this together
If your child measures three pieces of string as 15 cm, 9 cm, and 22 cm, can they put them in order from shortest to longest — and write that using a < symbol?
Where this sits on the map
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Curriculum alignment
Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
measure and compare objects based on length, capacity and mass using appropriate uniform informal units and smaller units for accuracy when necessary
measure and compare objects using familiar metric units of length, mass and capacity, and instruments with labelled markings
compare directly and indirectly and order objects and events using attributes of length, mass, capacity and duration, communicating reasoning
NSW syllabus codes & stages only
Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only
These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.