Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the length of a school hall?
metre
kilometre
mile
What's the likely height of a classroom door?
100 cm
150 cm
200 cm
Which units would you use to measure the area of a classroom floor?
cm2
m2
mm2
Which of the following is NOT a measure of volume?
cm3
mm
ml
If Eve wants to calculate the volume of a cereal box, which units of measure would be most suitable for the volume?
m3
Which of these would be the most appropriate units of measure for the distance between two towns?
km/h
m
km
Brian has a lot of free time on his hands … and a lot of patience and perseverance. So he uses a trundle wheel to measure the distance between two French towns. The distance is 19756m. What distance would he expect to see on the road sign (since France shows distances in km)?
19.756m
19km
20km
Dorothy goes for a drive to visit her friend. It is a stormy day so she travels slower than usual. She travels at a speed of 50km per hour and takes 90 minutes to get there. How far away does her friend live?
4500km
75km
140km
Raine buys a pond for her garden in the shape of a cuboid. It measures 2m by 1.4m by 50cm deep. How many litres of water will it take to completely fill the pond?
1400 litres
1.4 litres
1400000 litres
Jamie wants to paint his wall. He measures the length and height of the wall as 700cm and 2.25m respectively.
A tin of paint will cover 7.5 square metres. How many tins will he need to buy to coat the whole wall once?
2 tins
2.1 tins
3 tins