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Curriculum content descriptions

convert between common metric units of length, mass and capacity; choose and use decimal representations of metric measurements relevant to the context of a problem (AC9M6M01)

Elaborations
  • recognising the significance of the prefixes in units of measurement
  • identifying and using the correct operations when converting between units including millimetres, centimetres, metres, kilometres, milligrams, grams, kilograms, tonnes, millilitres, litres, kilolitres and megalitres
  • recognising the equivalence of measurements, such as \(1.25\) metres is the same as \(125\) centimetres
General capabilities
  • Critical and creative thinking Critical and Creative Thinking
  • Numeracy Numeracy
ScOT terms

Conversion of units,  Kilograms,  Metres,  Cubic metres

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