Measuring with different units
Your child can measure the same object in two units and see why the numbers differ. A smaller unit gives a bigger number.
In curriculum terms
Measure the length of an object using two different length units and describe how the measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen
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If your child measures the same book in centimetres and then in inches, can they explain why the numbers are different even though the book hasn't changed size?
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Curriculum alignment
Where this fits in the official school curriculum — our best automated guess, not yet checked by a person.
Show candidate curriculum codes · 3 ACARA · 2 NSW · 3 VIC
Australian Curriculum v9 candidate
measure the length of shapes and objects using informal units, recognising that units need to be uniform and used end-to-end
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
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.