Max Maths, Year 5, Work Book, Review of units of length, mass and volume (1)

The Max Maths Work Book for Year 5 includes a section dedicated to reviewing units of length, mass, and volume. This particular practice exercise is designed to help students reinforce their understanding of unit conversions. For example, to change centimetres to kilometres, students learn to multiply or divide by specific conversion factors. They discover that multiplying by 10 converts metres to centimetres, while dividing by 1,000 changes kilometres to metres. The exercise provides various examples and blank spaces for students to fill in the correct operations and conversion factors, such as dividing or multiplying by 100, 1,000, or even 100,000, depending on the units involved.

Further conversion tasks require students to apply their knowledge to practical examples. They convert 17 kilograms to grams by multiplying by 1,000, resulting in 17,000 grams. Converting 128 centimetres to millimetres involves multiplying by 10, yielding 1,280 millimetres. The exercise continues with conversions between kilometres and metres, grams and kilograms, litres and millilitres, millimetres and centimetres, and vice versa. Students practice these conversions by filling in the blanks with the correct multiplication or division operation, followed by the appropriate conversion factor, thereby solidifying their understanding of the relationship between different units of measurement in length, mass, and volume.