Max Maths, Year 6, Try it, Imperial units

In the Max Maths Year 6 curriculum, students are introduced to the concept of Imperial units, which are a system of measurements commonly used in the United Kingdom and the United States. The lesson begins with a real-world context where a student shares their experience of travelling to Florida, where distances are measured in miles, unlike the kilometres often used elsewhere. The student also mentions their cousin in England, who also uses miles to measure the distance from her home to school, a journey of about one and a half miles that takes her thirty minutes on foot.

The lesson then moves on to teach the students how to convert between miles and kilometres, providing a simple conversion formula: 8 kilometres is equivalent to 5 miles. A conversion table is presented to illustrate various conversions from miles to kilometres, with examples such as 1 mile equating to 1.6 kilometres, and 50 miles to 80 kilometres. Following this, the students are encouraged to apply their understanding of Imperial units to measure mass. They are tasked with completing a conversion table that translates ounces into grams, with the given example that approximately 3.5 ounces is equal to 100 grams. This exercise helps students to become familiar with both Imperial and metric units, enhancing their ability to understand and convert between different systems of measurement.