Year 4: Measurement

Year 4: Measurement

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Class: ________________________

Date: ________________________

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Marks: 32 marks

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Dev has five coins.

He has £1.60 altogether.

Write what the five coins could be.

1 mark

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Put a ring around the lightest box.

1 mark

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Put these volumes in order, starting with the smallest.

900 ml litre 1 litre 80 ml

1 mark

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Tick (✔) the coins you need to make £3.17

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Put these masses in order, starting with the heaviest.

800 g kg 1 kg 60 g

1 mark

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How much water is in this container?

1 mark

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Tom’s bedroom door is about 190 cm tall.

Estimate Tom’s height.

Draw a circle around the best estimate.

60 cm 90 cm 130 cm 160 cm1 mark

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Circle the approximate measurement.

The length of a banana is about …

2 cm 20 cm 2 mm 2 m 20 m

The mass of an apple is about …

2 g 20 kg 200 kg 200 g 2 kg

A glass of fruit juice is about …

2 ml 2 l 20 ml 200 ml 20 l

2 marks

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These are the prices of coconuts and bananas.

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Josh buys one coconut and half a kilogram of bananas.

How much does he spend altogether?

2 marks

Oranges cost 25p each.

How many oranges can Josh buy for £1.50?

1 mark


Here is a baby’s drinking cup.

How many millilitres of water are in the cup?

1 mark

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A bottle contains 568 millilitres of milk.

Jack pours out half a litre.

How much milk is left?

1 mark

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One jug contains water and the other jug contains oil.

How much more oil is there than water?

1 mark

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Max jumped 2.25 metres on his second try at the long jump.

This was 75 centimetres longer than on his first try.

How far in metres did he jump on his first try?

1 mark

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Here are four lengths.

Write the lengths in order, starting with the shortest.

1 mark

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Amina is shopping.

She says,

Write one-quarter on the scales as a decimal.

1 mark

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The cheese costs £1.35

Amina pays with a £2 coin.

How much change should Amina get?

1 mark


Megan wants to fill a bucket with water.

A bucket holds 6 litres.

A jug holds 500 millilitres.

How many jugs of water does Megan need to fill an empty bucket?

2 marks

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A torch costs £7.65

Kate buys a torch and two batteries.

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She pays £8.75 altogether.

How much does one battery cost?

2 marks

On this scale, the arrow (↑) shows the weight of this pineapple.

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Here is a different scale.

Mark with an arrow (↑) the weight of the same pineapple.

1 mark


A packet contains 1.5 kilograms of guinea pig food.

Remi feeds her guinea pig 30 grams of food each day.

How many days does the packet of food last?

2 marks

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Kirsty ran a race in one and a half minutes.

Mina took 10 seconds longer.

How many seconds did Mina take to run the race?

1 mark

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Seb made a jump of two and a half metres.

Kirsty’s jump was 10 centimetres longer.

How long was Kirsty’s jump?

1 mark


Freddie is half as tall as his mother.

Freddie is one metre shorter than his father.

Freddie’s father is 180 centimetres tall.

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How many centimetres tall is Freddie’s mother?

1 mark

There are 28 pupils in a class.

The teacher has 8 litres of orange juice.

She pours 225 millilitres of orange juice for every pupil.

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How much orange juice is left over?

3 marks


Mark schemes

Five coins which total £1.60, ie

£1 20p 20p 10p 10p

OR

50p 50p 20p 20p 20p

OR

50p 50p 50p 5p 5p

Coins may be given in any order.U1

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middle box on top row indicated

Do not award the mark if additional boxes are indicated.

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All capacities in the correct order, as shown.

Accept missing units and/ or conversions, eg. 500 g provided theintention is clear

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✔ on: two £1 coinstwo 50p coinsone 10p coinone 5p cointwo 1p coins

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All masses in the correct order, as shown.

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425 (ml)

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130 cm indicated

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Award TWO marks for all three values correct as shown:

banana

2cm 2mm 2m 20m

apple

2g 20kg 200kg 2kg

fruit juice

2ml 2l 20ml 20l

If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark for two correct measurements.

Accept alternative unambiguous indications, eg correct value filledin.

Up to 2m

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(a) Award TWO marks for the correct answer of £1.38

If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark for evidence ofappropriate method, eg

78 + ( × 1.20)

Accept for ONE mark £138p OR £138 as evidenceof an appropriate method.

Answer need not be obtained for the award of ONE mark.Up to 2

(b) 61

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125

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68 (ml) OR 0.068 (l)

Do not accept incorrect units, e.g. 68 l OR 0.068 ml.

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350

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1.50 OR 1.5

Accept 150 cm

Do not accept 150 m

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One mark for all lengths in the correct order.

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(a) 0.25

Do not accept or any other fraction

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(b) 65(p) OR (£)0.651

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Award TWO marks for the correct answer of 12

If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark forevidence of an appropriate method, eg

6 litres = 6000 ml

6000 ml ÷ 500 ml

Answer need not be obtained for the award of ONE mark.Up to 2

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Award TWO marks for the correct answer of 55p OR £0.55

If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark for evidenceof appropriate working, eg 8.75 – 7.65 = 1.10

1.10 ÷ 2 = wrong answer

Accept: for ONE mark £55 OR £55p OR 0.55p as evidence ofappropriate working.

Working must be carried through to reach an answer for the awardof ONE mark.

Up to 2

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Arrow marked on scale as shown:

Accept slight inaccuracies, provided the intention is clear.

Accept alternative unambiguous indications, eg cross on scale.

Do not accept the number ‘1.4’ alone.

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Award TWO marks for the correct answer of 50

If the answer is incorrect, award ONE mark for evidence of appropriate workingusing common units, eg

• 1500 ÷ 30 = wrong answer

Calculation must be performed for the award of ONE mark.

Do not accept 1.5 ÷ 30 as evidence of appropriate working.Up to 2

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(a) 100 seconds

Answer must be in seconds.

Do not accept 1 minute 40 seconds.1

(b) 260 cm OR 2.6 m

Accept 260 OR 2.6 OR 2 m 60 cm.1

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Award THREE marks for the correct answer of 1.7 (litres) or 1,700 (ml).

If the answer is incorrect, award TWO marks for:

• sight of 6,300 OR 6.3 as evidence of the multiplication completed correctly

OR

• evidence of an appropriate complete method with no more than one error, e.g.

• 28 × 225 = 6,3008 litres = 8,000 ml8,000 − 6,300 = 2,700 (error)

Award ONE mark for evidence of an appropriate method, e.g.

• 8,000 − 28 × 225 =

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Unit need not be given for the award of THREE marks. An incorrectunit is treated as one error.

A misread may affect the award of marks. No marks are awarded ifthere is more than one misread or if the mathematics is simplified.

TWO marks will be awarded for an appropriate complete methodwith the misread number followed through correctly.

ONE mark will be awarded for evidence of an appropriate completemethod with the misread number followed through correctly withone arithmetic error.

If the answer reached in the first part of the calculation gives ananswer greater than 8(L) or 8000(ml) and the smaller value is thensubtracted from it, ONE mark may still be available.

Answer need not be obtained for the award of ONE mark.Up to 3m

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