Converting units
Unit 9 - 2 weeks
Primary
KS2
Year 5
Curriculum
The PowerPoint file contains slides you can use in the classroom to support each of the learning outcomes for this unit, listed below.
The slides are comprehensively linked to associated pedagogical guidance in the NCETM Primary Mastery Professional Development materials. There are also links to the ready-to-progress criteria detailed in the DfE Primary Mathematics Guidance 2020.
Learning outcomes
| # | Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Pupils apply memorised unit conversions to convert between units of measure (larger to smaller units - whole number conversions) |
| 2 | Pupils apply memorised unit conversions to convert between units of measure (smaller to larger units - whole number conversions) |
| 3 | Pupils convert from and to fraction and decimal fraction quantities of larger units |
| 4 | Pupils derive common conversions over 1 |
| 5 | Pupils carry out conversions that correspond to 100 parts |
| 6 | Pupils solve measures problems involving different units |
| 7 | Pupils understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints |
| 8 | Pupils convert between miles and kilometres |
| 9 | Pupils solve problems involving converting between units of time |