Five short parts check metric conversion in this Year 5 maths knowledge check. Pupils convert whole numbers like 4 km to metres, handle decimals such as 2.5 m to centimetres, compare measures like 3 kg and 300 g, order mixed units from shortest to longest, then solve a baker's flour problem. The answer key shows working for the trickier questions. It tests the England National Curriculum metric conversion objective.
Measurement
“Convert between different units of metric measure (for example, kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre)”
All five parts work this single objective at rising difficulty.
Straightforward conversions like 70 mm to centimetres.
Decimal conversions such as 450 cm to metres.
Pupils place <, > or = between measures in different units.
Ordering 2.1 m, 250 cm and 1900 mm from shortest to longest.
A baker starts with 2.5 kg of flour and uses 800 g; how much is left in grams?
Assessment check
Run it cold at the end of the conversions unit and mark by part.
Intervention
Parts 2 and 3 target the decimal conversions most pupils stumble on.
Homework
The worked answers in the key support pupils checking their own method.
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