Measuring and Time Worksheets for Year 3 (age 7-8)

Writing lengths in centimetres and millimetres.

Writing lengths in metres and centimetres.

Measuring in metres, centimetres and millimetres.

Converting measurements from mm to cm and mm.

Place various lengths in order of size. A mixture of mm, cm, m and km.

Ordering lengths using different units such as mm, cm and m.

Comparing lengths and heights using a mixture of centimetres and metres.

Use a ruler to draw lines, accurate to the nearest half centimetre. (Note printers may print page at slightly different size to the original, depending on settings.)

Now some worksheets on measuring in kilometres. For those who like to convert, 1,500 metres is about a mile, and 10,000 metres is roughly 6 miles.

Solving distance problems using kilometres.

More distances using kilometres.

More problems using kilometres.

Although we are metric we still use miles to measure car journeys. Most odd! Here are some routes to work out in miles.

An introduction to measuring perimeter of simple shapes.

Working out the perimeter of more complex shapes drawn on a square grid.

More on finding the perimeter of shapes drawn on a square grid.

Compare the perimeter of shapes.

Drawing shapes with a given perimeter.

Calculating the perimeter of various shapes.

Some word problems involving measurement and an interesting little investigation about the size of your head.

A simple measurement activity.

Subtracting cm from metres with bar models to help.

A measurement investigation comparing head size to height.

Use base ten blocks as aids to measure mass.

More on adding mass using written methods.

Using base ten blocks to help with subtracting mass.

Subtracting mass using written methods.

Comparing mass written in grams or kilograms.

Work out the weights of items on a set of scales.

Tricky weight problems involving two calculations to reach the answer.

Use the clues to solve the weight problems.

Reading and completing scales accurately.

Problems involving weights and scales.

Reading scales and introducing the word increment.

Work out the capacity of jugs and the volume of liquid in them.

Compare the volume of jugs with different scales.

Solve volume problems involving reading different scales.

Writing measurements, converting centimetres to metres, millimetres to centimetres etc.

Here we have activities on measuring with kilograms and litres. They are nicely linked as one litre of water weighs one kilogram and it would fit exactly into a 10x10x10 cm cube.

Estimate and measure how far it is round things, collect labels with metric units on and make sensible decisions about measurements.

What lengths are shown on these scale drawings of a ruler? Also reading weighing scales and measuring jugs. Not all the divisions are labelled which makes it harder.

Tricky reading of scales. look out for using halves.

Working out the amounts needed for different recipes.

Working out the amounts needed for different recipes.

Working out the amounts needed for different recipes.

More working out the amounts needed for different recipes.

A variety of weight, length and capacity problems in words.

More word problems with slightly harder numbers to calculate with.

Length, mass and volume questions, all metric of course.

Remembering the number of days in each month.

Calendars are a good resource for maths and young children can find them quite tricky to understand.

Using a calendar to find dates and the number of days between events.

Ordering dates from earliest to latest.

A reminder about the seasons, including some Australian.

Reading the time has always been a problem for many children. Here we read minutes past and minutes to the hour, with intervals of 5 minutes.

Reading the time to the nearest minute.

Finding how long it takes to complete races, in minutes and seconds.

Read digital clocks and write the time in words, and vice versa.

Work out the times of children's TV programmes.

Working out the amount of time between two events. Tricky!

Read digital clocks and draw clock hands to the nearest minute.

Draw hands on the blank clock faces to show the time 10, 20 or 30 minutes later.

Draw hands on the blank clock faces to show the time 45 minutes later.

Draw hands on a clock face to show times that are 10, 20 or 30 minutes apart.

Introducing the 24 hour clock (hours only)

Introducing a.m. and p.m.

Recognising times using the 24 hour clock.

Write the times shown in words using the 24 hour clock.

Order times which are written as am or pm.

Matching times shown on digital and analogue clocks.

Time: comparing journey times using the 24 hour clock.

Comparing durations of time on a 24 hour digital clock.

Hard conversions from 24 hour clock to a.m. and p.m and words.

Use the train timetables to find which journey Tommy takes.

Find the waiting times between railway journeys shown on a table.

Tricky time problems based on railway times.

Finding the number of seconds of times written in minutes and seconds.

Find the time Tommy took for his walk from the map, adding minutes and seconds.

Estimate what can be done in one minute, then trying it out!

Deciding whether to use hours, minutes or seconds when measuring the time taken to do various activities.

Work out the most sensible measurements.

Choosing the most suitable units of measurement.

Here we have some word problems and they are all about the time!

More word problems about time.

Try reading the times shown in Roman Numerals.

Use digital clock times to complete the sentences.

Fun mirror image activity.

Statutory requirements for Measurement for Year 3.