Mathematics
Intermediate
50 mins
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Converting Mass Units

Learn to convert between kilograms and grams using the ×1000 and ÷1000 rules. Explore how small masses become small decimals when written in kilograms.

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    1 - Getting Started ~4 mins

    Illustration for Getting StartedHere is a bag of flour. The label says 2.5 kg. If we wanted to write that same mass in grams instead, what would we write?

    2 - Watch and Notice ~9 mins

    The interactive shows a conversion ladder between kilograms and grams. Kilograms sit one rung above grams, and each rung down shows the digits moved three place-value columns to the left, that is × 1000. Look at each example, then hands up to say which way the digits moved.

    3 - Try It Together ~11 mins

    Key point

    Today we work these conversions together on the ladder. Say whether each one goes × 1000 or ÷ 1000 before we check it, and watch which way the digits slide. The whole class says the rule together before we tap Check.

    • 1.75 kg → g
    • 500 g → kg
    • 0.4 kg → g
    • 8 g → kg

    Convert the mass: kg and g

    4 - Work the Conversions in Your Copy ~2 mins

    COPYBOOK MOMENT

    In your maths copy, work each conversion as kg ↔ g. Draw a little arrow between them and label the arrow ×1000 or ÷1000 to show which way you went.

    • 2.5 kg → g
    • 0.25 kg → g
    • 500 g → kg
    • 75 g → kg

    5 - Class Challenge ~8 mins

    Key point

    Today we work through these conversions together. Say × 1000 or ÷ 1000 before each Check:

    • 3 kg → g
    • 250 g → kg
    • 1.2 kg → g
    • 0.75 kg → g
    • 6 g → kg (the tricky one)

    Match the mass

    Pupil practice
    Module 4 · Measures: Length, Mass, Capacity, Area, Volume Measures
    Lesson 52 · Converting Mass Units
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