Mass worksheet

The Mass worksheet from KS2Gems offers a comprehensive set of activities designed to teach children about measuring, comparing, adding, and subtracting mass in both grams and kilograms. Activity 1 introduces students to a variety of weighing scales, including digital, balance, and those using weights. Children are provided with items of different masses, such as an exercise book, cotton wool, and a grain of rice, to measure and record their findings. They are then encouraged to think critically about which items are the heaviest and lightest through guided questions.

Subsequent activities build on this foundation by setting criteria for the children to find objects that fit specific mass ranges, such as greater than 1kg or less than 500g. In Activity 3, children practice their arithmetic skills by adding and subtracting mass values, and then checking their work with a partner. They continue to develop their understanding of mass by converting between grams and kilograms in Activity 4, and by arranging digit cards in ascending or descending order based on their mass in Activity 5. The worksheet also includes a practical application of these skills in Activity 6, where children make and bake biscuits, weighing out ingredients accurately. They explore concepts of size and weight in Activity 7, and in Activity 8, they face the challenge of selecting objects that total a specific mass, enhancing their problem-solving abilities. This diverse range of activities ensures a thorough grasp of the objective to measure, compare, add, and subtract mass in different units.