Max Maths, Year 3, Work Book, Converting between grams and kilograms

In the Max Maths Year 3 Workbook, students are presented with exercises that help them practice converting between grams and kilograms. Practice 6 focuses on this skill, starting with a task where pupils must find the total mass in grams. For example, they learn to add kilogram and gram values together, such as combining 1 kg with another 1 kg, and then adding separate amounts of grams like 100 g and 50 g to find the total mass in grams. They are also shown how to convert kilograms into grams and then add various gram amounts together to reach a total mass.

The exercises progress to finding the total mass in both kilograms and grams. Students are taught to convert 1000 g into 1 kg and then add smaller gram amounts such as 100 g and 50 g to this total, expressing the final answer in a combination of kilograms and grams. The workbook includes practical applications, such as determining the mass of a toolbox in kilograms and grams when given the mass in grams, or finding the mass of a tortoise in grams when provided with its weight in a combination of kilograms and grams. The exercises are designed to strengthen the understanding of mass measurement units and the relationship between them, equipping students with the ability to convert and calculate mass in real-world scenarios.