Weights and measurements worksheets

Gather a selection of toys or household items that are different lengths and heights. Then ask your child to put them in length / height order and compare them using terms such as “longer / shorter / taller” and “double the length / half the height”.

Find a clothes hanger and two plastic cups and let's make some balance scales! Then we can have fun balancing different objects. What is heavier – a 10p coin or a toy car?

Baking is a fantastic way to practise some of your marvellous maths skills. Have a go at making these delicious cookies.

This activity is designed to help your child understand and use the vocabulary of distance and to practise solving practical problems.

This fun game encourages your child to compare volumes using the language of measurement: full, empty, half full, quarter full, more and less.

Rulers at the ready! Before you measure your items, ask a grown up to estimate how many centimetres long each item will be, then estimate the length yourself, too. Whose estimate will be the closest?

Draw around your hand on the paper or card and cut it out. Use your cut-out hand to measure things around your house, like a toy, a cupboard door, your bed. Now ask a grown-up to draw around their hand and cut it out. Measure your objects again, using your grown-up’s hand instead of yours. What do you notice?

Would you use a metre stick or a ruler to measure each of these items?

On the grid, plot each set of coordinates then find the fourth coordinate to draw the shape given.