Three matching activities on metric and imperial units for Year 5 maths. Pupils pair 1 inch with about 2.5 cm, connect measures like 570 ml to everyday UK items such as a milk bottle, then match quantities like half a pound to about 225 g. A thinking question compares a 1-pint bottle with a 500 ml one. Detailed answers are included. It covers the England National Curriculum imperial equivalences objective.
Measurement
“Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints”
All three matching rounds are built on inches, pounds and pints.
Matching single imperial units, like 1 inch and 1 pound, to their metric approximations.
Connecting measures such as 10 cm and 570 ml to pictured objects like a nail and a milk bottle.
Matching scaled amounts, like 10 inches and half a pound, to metric values.
Which is larger, a 1-pint bottle or a 500 ml bottle? Pupils explain how they know.
Detailed answers for all three sections.
Main activity
Work through the three matching rounds after introducing imperial units.
Plenary
Close with the pint-versus-500-ml question and vote before revealing.
Early finishers
Ask pupils to find one more real object for each metric measure in section two.
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