Math Games

Year 5 - Measurement and Geometry

Standard 5.MD.1.1 - Find the area of a shape using unit squares.

Included Skills:

Using units of measurement
• Choose appropriate units of measurement for length, area, volume, capacity and mass
- recognising that some units of measurement are better suited for some tasks than others, for example kilometres rather than metres to measure the distance between two towns
- investigating alternative measures of scale to demonstrate that these vary between countries and change over time, for example temperature measurement in Australia, Indonesia, Japan and USA
• Calculate perimeter and area of rectangles using familiar metric units
- exploring efficient ways of calculating the perimeters of rectangles such as adding the length and width together and doubling the result
- exploring efficient ways of finding the areas of rectangles
• Compare 12- and 24-hour time systems and convert between them
- investigating the ways time was and is measured in different Aboriginal Country, such as using tidal change
- using units hours, minutes and seconds