Math // Area

Measurement

68 topics for ages 4 to 11, ordered by the age each one starts. Read from top to bottom to follow the progression.

Age coverage

Ages 4 to 11

  1. Starts at age 4 // 6 topics

    Starting at age 4

    • Measurable Attributes of Objects

      Describe and identify measurable attributes of objects such as length, height, weight, and capacity; use comparative language (longer, shorter, heavier…

      Ages 4 to 6Concept
    • Comparing Lengths & Heights

      Compare two objects directly by length or height and describe the difference using language such as long, short, tall, longer, shorter, taller, double, half

      Ages 4 to 6Method
    • Comparing Capacity

      Compare and describe capacity and volume using language such as full, empty, more than, less than, half full

      Ages 4 to 6Method
    • Measuring mass and weight (age 4+)

      Compare two objects directly by mass or weight and describe the difference using language such as heavy, light, heavier than, lighter than

      Ages 4 to 6Method
    • Ordering Events in Time

      Sequence events in chronological order using language such as before, after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon, evening

      Ages 4 to 6Language
    • Comparing durations

      Use comparative language for time: quicker, slower, earlier, later

      Ages 4 to 6Language
  2. Starts at age 5 // 7 topics

    Starting at age 5

    Your child is learning about measurement in everyday life — telling time to the hour and half-hour, comparing lengths and weights of objects, understanding money, and using time words like yesterday and tomorrow.

  3. Starts at age 6 // 10 topics

    Starting at age 6

    Your child is learning practical measurement skills — reading clocks to five-minute intervals, measuring length and capacity using standard units, and working with money including making change.

    • Choosing measurement units

      Choose and use appropriate standard units to measure length (m/cm), mass (kg/g), temperature (°C), and capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Measuring length (age 6+)

      Measure the length of an object using same-size length units laid end to end with no gaps or overlaps

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Measuring length

      Order three objects by length and compare the lengths of two objects indirectly using a third object

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Comparing and ordering measurements

      Compare and order lengths, mass, and capacity and record results using >, <, and =

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Number of minutes in an hour

      Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day

      Ages 6 to 7Concept
    • Telling Time: Minutes

      Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past and quarter to, and draw clock hands to show these times

      Ages 6 to 7Representation
    • Sequence intervals of time

      Compare and sequence intervals of time

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Money Addition & Subtraction

      Solve simple money problems involving addition and subtraction, including giving change

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Adding money and giving change

      Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amount of money

      Ages 6 to 7Method
    • Pounds & Pence Notation

      Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p) and combine amounts to make a particular value

      Ages 6 to 7Language
  4. Starts at age 7 // 14 topics

    Starting at age 7

    Your child is learning practical measurement skills — using rulers and other tools to measure length, weight, and volume accurately, working with money, and telling time to the nearest minute.

    • Measuring length (age 7+)

      Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, metre sticks, and measuring tapes

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Calculating with measurements

      Measure, compare, add, and subtract lengths (m/cm/mm), mass (kg/g), and volume/capacity (l/ml) using standard units

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Measuring Perimeters

      Measure the perimeter of simple 2-D shapes

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Time Units and Calendar Facts

      Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year, and leap year

      Ages 7 to 8Concept
    • Comparing Time Durations

      Compare durations of events and calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Telling time to the minute (age 7+)

      Tell and write time from analogue and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m., p.m., and 12-hour and 24-hour notation

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Estimating answers (age 7+)

      Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes, and hours

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Addition and subtraction word problems

      Solve word problems involving lengths within 100, using addition and subtraction with drawings and equations

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Measuring & Plotting Lengths

      Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest whole unit and display the data on a line plot

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Money word problems

      Solve word problems involving dollar bills, quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies, using $ and ¢ symbols appropriately

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Comparing lengths by measuring

      Measure to determine how much longer one object is than another, expressing the length difference in terms of a standard length unit

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Giving Change

      Add and subtract amounts of money to give change, using both £ and p in practical contexts

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Estimating Lengths

      Estimate lengths using units of inches, feet, centimetres, and metres

      Ages 7 to 8Method
    • Measuring with different units

      Measure the length of an object using two different length units and describe how the measurements relate to the size of the unit chosen

      Ages 7 to 8Concept
  5. Starts at age 8 // 14 topics

    Starting at age 8

    Your child is learning to measure the world around them — calculating areas and perimeters, converting between different units like metres and kilometres, and solving time problems using both analogue and digital clocks.

    • Area (age 8+)

      Measure areas by counting unit squares (square cm, square m, square in, square ft)

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Understanding Area

      Understand that a unit square has one square unit of area and that the area of a plane figure is the number of unit squares that cover it without gaps or…

      Ages 8 to 9Concept
    • Area by Tiling

      Find the area of a rectangle by tiling it with unit squares and show that the result equals the product of the side lengths

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Area of rectangles by multiplication

      Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Area and the distributive property

      Use tiling to demonstrate the distributive property: the area of a rectangle with sides a and (b+c) equals a×b + a×c; use area models to represent the…

      Ages 8 to 9Representation
    • Converting measurement units

      Convert between different units of measure (e.g. kilometre to metre, hour to minute, minute to second, year to month, week to day)

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Perimeters of polygons

      Solve problems involving perimeters of polygons: find perimeter from side lengths, find an unknown side length, and explore rectangles with same perimeter but…

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Numbers on a number line

      Solve word problems involving elapsed time by adding and subtracting time intervals in minutes, including using a number line

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Halves and quarters (age 8+)

      Generate measurement data by measuring lengths to the nearest half and quarter inch; display the data on a line plot with a scale marked in whole numbers…

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Telling time to the minute (age 8+)

      Tell and write time to the nearest minute using analogue and digital clocks

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Estimating and comparing money

      Estimate, compare, and calculate different measures including money in pounds and pence

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Measuring Liquids & Masses

      Measure and estimate liquid volumes and masses of objects using grams, kilograms, and litres; solve one-step word problems involving mass or volume

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • Area of compound shapes

      Recognise area as additive; find areas of rectilinear figures by decomposing into non-overlapping rectangles and summing their areas

      Ages 8 to 9Method
    • 12-hour and 24-hour time

      Read, write, and convert time between analogue and digital 12-hour and 24-hour clocks

      Ages 8 to 9Method
  6. Starts at age 9 // 8 topics

    Starting at age 9

    Your child is mastering advanced measurement skills — calculating area and perimeter of shapes, working with fractions in measurements, converting between different units, and solving real-world problems involving distance, time, and volume.

    • Fractions on a number line

      Solve word problems involving distances, time intervals, liquid volumes, masses, and money using the four operations with fractions or decimals; represent with…

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Telling time to the minute (age 9+)

      Solve problems involving converting between units of time (hours↔minutes, minutes↔seconds, years↔months, weeks↔days)

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Converting measurement units (age 9+)

      Know relative sizes of measurement units within one system (km/m/cm/mm, kg/g, l/ml, hr/min/sec); convert between different metric units and express measurements…

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Estimating answers (age 9+)

      Apply the area formula (l × w) and perimeter formula (2l + 2w) for rectangles including squares in real-world and mathematical problems; calculate and compare…

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Measurement Line Plots

      Make a line plot to display measurement data in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8); solve problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions using line…

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Metric & Imperial Conversion

      Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units (inches, pounds, pints)

      Ages 9 to 10Concept
    • Perimeter of Compound Shapes

      Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres

      Ages 9 to 10Method
    • Estimating volume

      Estimate volume of cuboids using 1 cm³ blocks; estimate capacity of containers using water

      Ages 9 to 10Concept
  7. Starts at age 10 // 9 topics

    Starting at age 10

    Your child is mastering advanced measurement skills — calculating volume and area using formulas, converting between different units of measurement, and solving real-world problems involving length, mass, and capacity.

    • Area of Triangles & Parallelograms

      Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles using formulae (A = b × h for parallelograms, A = ½ × b × h for triangles)

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Miles & Kilometres

      Convert between miles and kilometres using the approximate relationship (5 miles ≈ 8 km)

      Ages 10 to 11Concept
    • Volume as additive

      Recognise volume as additive; find volumes of composite solid figures made of two or more non-overlapping right rectangular prisms

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Measurement Conversions

      Solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation and multi-step reasoning in real-world contexts

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Decimal place value

      Convert among different-sized standard measurement units within a given system (e.g. 5 cm to 0.05 m) using decimal notation to up to three decimal places…

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Estimating answers (age 10+)

      Find the volume of right rectangular prisms by packing with unit cubes and show it equals l × w × h (or base area × height); apply V = l × w × h and V = B × h…

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Perimeter (age 10+)

      Recognise that shapes with the same area can have different perimeters and vice versa; explore this relationship systematically

      Ages 10 to 11Concept
    • Counting Unit Cubes

      Measure volumes by counting unit cubes using cubic cm, cubic in, cubic ft, and other units

      Ages 10 to 11Method
    • Measuring length (age 10+)

      Recognise volume as an attribute of solid figures; understand that a unit cube (side length 1 unit) has 'one cubic unit' of volume and can be used to measure…

      Ages 10 to 11Concept