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Measurement - reading scales

Measurement - reading scales
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  • Measurement - reading scales
  • Duration: 02:57
  • A demonstration of how to read scales. Participants in a maths quiz are asked to read different scales and explain how they worked out their answers. Scales are read on a measuring jug, number lines, weighing scales and from a measuring tape. Not all the points on the scales are labelled so the participants must work out how to read them.
  • Subject:

    Maths

       Topic:

    Measurement and Scales

  • Keywords: scales, number line, measuring, millilitres, kilograms, measuring jugs, weighing scales, measuring tape, length
Ideas for use in class
  • This would be a useful clip to play when learning to read different scales. It could be used at the start of a lesson to introduce the learning or during the plenary to reinforce and summarise the learning. It could be fun to ask the children to take part in or set up a similar quiz.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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