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Learning Track: Numeracy Part 2
Measurement and Units
M
easuring is a practical numeracy activity that your child should practice at home.
A ruler is used to measure small distances.
A tape measure is used to measure longer distances.
A thermometer is used to measure temperature.
A speed-o-meter is used to measure speed in a car.
A weighing scale is used to measure weight.
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Why we measure,
What we measure.
Why we need units,
Scales
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- 1. Introduction and Numeracy Skills Checklist
- 2. Confident counting and number sequences
- 3. Numeracy words your child should know
- 4. Numeracy symbols your child should know
- 5. Mental Maths: 'Number Bonds' review
- 1. Mental Maths: 'Secret Tricks' review...Shh!
- 2. Mental Maths: Ideas for regular practice
- 3. Your 'EasyStreetLearning Mental Maths Tutor'
- 4. Play and learn: Mental Maths with 'Crash Dice'
- 1. Place value and numbers review
- 2. Numeracy opposites
- 3. Time calculations made easy
- 4. How to 'round' numbers
- 5. What are the 'multiples' of a number?
- 6. What are the 'factors' of a number?
- 7. What are the 'prime numbers'?
- 8. Numeracy in nature: Shapes and patterns
- 9. Calculations... order matters!
- 10. Using numeracy to solve practical problems
- 11. Understanding tables and charts
- 12. Using tables and charts
- 13. Reading about numeracy can be fun!
- 14. 2D shapes and 3D shapes
- 15. A summary of 2D and 3D shapes
- 16. Build your own 3D shapes
- 17. How to draw simple 3D shapes
- 18. Shape and Space: Area, perimeter and capacity
- 19. A look at 'mirror images' and 'lines of symmetry'
- 1. Measurement and units
- 2. Estimating is easy using our tips
- 3. Numeracy Opposites: Multiplication and division
- 1. Money: Know the value of things
- 2. Money: Working out change
- 3. Money: Cashflow, budgeting and saving
- 4. Putting their numeracy skills to use
- 5. Playing with numeracy
- 1. Maths layout and checking answers
- 2. Long multiplication... sorted!
- 3. Long division... no sweat!
- 4. Decimals numbers
- 5. Reducing a fraction
- 6. Numbers as decimals and fractions
- 7. Navigating using a map
- 1. EasyStreetLearning - The Board Game!
- 2. Numeracy while you travel
- 3. Numeracy in use: Scale and ratio on maps
- 4. Numeracy in use: About average
- 5. Discrete and continuous data
- 6. Numeracy: What’s the angle?
- 7. Get things done with functions
- 8. Painless percentages
- 9. Percentage problems with explained solutions
- 10. Practical percentages
- 11. Plotting for numeracy
- 12. Using a calculator correctly
- 13. Calculator magic
- 14. Using diagrams to solve numeracy problems
- 15. Negative numbers on a number line
- 16. Calculations: Written methods made easy
- 17. Direct proportion?
- 18. Division: What remains?
- 19. Division: Quotient as fraction or decimal
- 20. Division: Round up or down
- 21. Numeracy in use: How computers work
- 22. Time for the 24 hour clock
- 23. Common numeracy mistakes to avoid
- 24. Numeracy on the road
- 25. Cool numeracy: The speed of sound and light
- 26. World time zones
- 27. Numeracy and chance
- 28. Numeracy in use: A numeracy quiz
- 29. Infinity... we wont go on and on about it
- 30. Congratulations, you’re done. What now?
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