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Activity4:ComparingContainers

Forthisactivity,itwouldbeusefultohavesimilartypesofcontainersofdifferentsizese.g.plasticbottlesorfoodcontainers.Themethodshownwillbewithbottles.ABCD

A= B=

C= D= Canyouputthelettersintheboxedbelow:

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Useyourcontainersnowandmakesomecomparisonslikeabove:

ContainerA ContainerB

Cupfuls

cupfuls

ContainerC ContainerD

cupfuls Cupfuls

Fillinthelettersforyourresults.

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Activity4–Reasoningwithnon-standardmeasures

Havealookatthegraphwhichshowthetotalnumberofcupfulseachcontainerheld–theircapacity.

Which2containersheldthesamenumberofcupfulsofwater?Whichcontainerheldthemostwater?Howmanymorecupfulsofwaterdidthefoodboxholdcomparedtotheplasticcarton?

0 2 4 6 8 10 12

cerealbowl

foodbox

saucepan

casseroledish

plasticcarton

cupfulsofwater

Wilmasaysthiscontainerholds4cupfulsofjuice.Isthistrue?

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Howmanycerealbowlsfullofwaterwouldittaketofillthesaucepan?Thistimewearegoingtolookatapictogram.

=2cupsofwater.ThispictogramshowshowmanycupfulsofwatertheFlintsonefamilydrankinaday

Fred

Wilma

Dino

Bambam

Whodrankthemostwater?Whodranktheleast?Whydoyouthinkthisis?HowmuchmorewaterdoesFreddrinkthanWilma.

FredWilmaDinoBambam

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HowmuchwaterdoesBambamandDinodrinkaltogether?Canyoucounthowmanycups/glassesofwateryourfamilydrinks?MyfamilyName Cups/glassesofwater

Drawabargraphtoshowthis

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Activity5

Todayweregoingtolookatmeasuringthevolumeinsideacontainerusingstandardunits.Wemeasureliquidsinlitres(L)andmillilitres(ml).Thereare1000millilitrsinalitre.Let’shavealookatsomemeasuringcylinders.Thismeasuringcylinderhasascaleofone:

Thisnextmeasuringcylinderhasascaleoftwo:

Howmanyml?

Howmanyml?

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Theonebelowhasascaleof5.

Thelastmeasuringcylinderhasascaleof10.

Forthetasksbelow,youwillneedtobeabletocountin2s,5s,10s,and100s!

24681012141618

202224262830323436

Howmanyml?

Howmanyml?

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100200300400500600700

8009001000Nowhaveagoatreadingthescalesbelow:

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100110 120 130 140 150 160 170 180 190 200210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 290 300310 320 330 340 350 360 370 380 390 400410 420 430 440 450 460 470 480 490 500

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Week4-Standardmeasures:Activity6

Howmuchwaterisineachjug?

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Colourintherightamountofwaterineachjug

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Activity7

Thistimeinsteadofmeasuringjugs,wearegoingtolookatmeasuringcylinders.Writethevolumesshownonthecylindersbelow:

Ifyouhaveameasuringjugathomeorschool,measurehowmuchwateracup,bowlandasaucepanholds.

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Activity8–Comparingvolumesusing>,<and=

Havealookatthepairsofcontainersbelowandcomparethevolumes.

Putthecorrectsign,>,<or=betweenthem.

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Howmanyteaspoonsofwaterwillittaketomake20ml?Howmanyteaspoonsofwaterwillittaketomake45ml?Howmanyteaspoonsofwaterwillittaketomake100ml?

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Activity9:UsingLitres

Todaywearegoingtolookatusinglitres.Alitreisaverymuchlargermeasurethanmillilitresandweusethismeasureofvolumewhenwebuythingslikepetrolorheatingoil.Ifyougotothesupermarketyoucanbuymilkinlitrecontainers.Let’slookatsomedifferentsizedmeasuringcylinders:

10ml1000ml50ml250ml

Thereare1000mlin1litre.½litre=500ml

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Youcanalsoseethecomparisonwhenusingdienesapparatus

1000100101Tostartwith,wewilllookatthevolumeofliquidinlitrecontainers.Showtheamountofliquidinthecontainersbelow:

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Howmuchwaterisinthecontainers?

a) IfSaradrinks1litreofwateraday,howmanylitresofwaterdoesshedrinkinaweek?

b) Ifacupholds200mlofwater,howmanycupsofwaterarethereinalitrebottleofwater?

c) Ifonesaucepanholds21⁄2lofwater,howmuchwill2saucepanshold?

d) Ifonebucketholds3litresofwater,howmuchwill10bucketshold?

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e) Orangesquashcomesin2lbottles.Ibuy5bottlesformyparty.How

muchorange�squashdoIhave?�

Activity10–reasoningwithcapacityandvolume

Thinkaboutthis:squashcomesin1litrebottles:

Whichofthefollowingholdsmoreorlessthanalitre?

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Whichholdsmore?

a) Eachbottleofmilkcontains500ml.Ibuy3lofmilk.HowmanybottlesdoIbuy?�

b) Awateringcanholds5lofwater.Ifittakes10jugstofillit,howmanymillilitresdoesthejughold?�

c) Ifabottleholds500ml,howmanybottlesareneededtofillasaucepan

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whichcanhold21⁄2lofwater?

d) Ifabucketholds3000mlofwater,howmany1lbottleswillittaketofillthebucket?

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