Measurement

This activity challenges you to decide on the 'best' number to use in each statement. You may need to do some estimating, some calculating and some research.

These clocks have been reflected in a mirror. What times do they say?

How can you arrange the 5 cubes so that you need the smallest number of Brush Loads of paint to cover them? Try with other numbers of cubes as well.

Investigate how the four L-shapes fit together to make an enlarged L-shape. You could explore this idea with other shapes too.

What can you say about these shapes? This problem challenges you to create shapes with different areas and perimeters.

Look at some of the results from the Olympic Games in the past. How do you compare if you try some similar activities?

My local DIY shop calculates the price of its windows according to the area of glass and the length of frame used. Can you work out how they arrived at these prices?

Cut differently-sized square corners from a square piece of paper to make boxes without lids. Do they all have the same volume?

Stuart's watch loses two minutes every hour. Adam's watch gains one minute every hour. Use the information to work out what time (the real time) they arrived at the airport.

Can you draw a square in which the perimeter is numerically equal to the area?

These clocks have only one hand, but can you work out what time they are showing from the information?

Use your logical-thinking skills to deduce how much Dan's crisps and ice-cream cost altogether.

The challenge for you is to make a string of six (or more!) graded cubes.

Nine squares with side lengths 1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, and 18 cm can be fitted together to form a rectangle. What are the dimensions of the rectangle?

What is the largest 'ribbon square' you can make? And the smallest? How many different squares can you make altogether?