Content domain – measurement Strand National Curriculum reference Year 1 National Curriculum reference Year 2 National Curriculum reference Year 3 National Curriculum reference Year 4 National Curriculum reference Year 5 National Curriculum reference Year 6 M1 Compare, describe and order measures 1M1 Compare, describe and solve practical problems for: lengths and heights [e.g.: long/short, longer/ shorter, tall/short, double/half ] mass/weight [e.g.: heavy/light, heavier than, lighter than] capacity and volume [e.g.: full/empty, more than, less than, half, half full, quarter] time [e.g.: quicker, slower, earlier, later] 2M1 Compare and order lengths, mass, volume/ capacity and record the results using >, < and = 3M1a Compare lengths(m/cm/mm) 4M1 Compare different measures, including money in pounds and pence 3M1b Compare mass (kg/g) 3M1c Compare volume / capacity (l/ml) M2 Estimate, measure and read scales 1M2 Measure and to record the following: lengths and heights mass/weight capacity and volume time (hours, minutes, seconds) 2M2 Choose and use appropriate standard units to estimate and measure length/height in any direction (m/cm); mass (kg/g); temperature (°C); capacity (litres/ml) to the nearest appropriate unit using rulers, scales, thermometers and measuring vessels 3M2a Measure lengths (m/cm/mm) 4M2 Estimate different measures, including money in pounds and pence 3M2b Measure mass (kg/g) 3M2c Measure volume / capacity (l/ml)
M3 Money 1M3 Recognise and know the value of different denominations of coins and notes 2M3a Recognise and use symbols for pounds (£) and pence (p); combine amounts to make a particular value 2M3b Find different combinations of coins that equal the same amounts of money M4 Telling time, ordering time, duration and units of time 1M4a Tell the time to the hour and half past the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times 2M4a Tell and write the time to five minutes, including quarter past/to the hour and draw the hands on a clock face to show these times 3M4a Tell and write the time from an analogue clock; 12-hour clocks 4M4a Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 12-hour clocks 1M4b Sequence events in chronological order using language [e.g.: before and after, next, first, today, yesterday, tomorrow, morning, afternoon and evening] 2M4b Compare and sequence intervals of time 3M4b Tell and write the time from an analogue clock; 24-hour clocks 4M4b Read, write and convert time between analogue and digital 24-hour clocks 1M4c Recognise and use language relating to dates, including days of the week, weeks, months and years 2M4c Know the number of minutes in an hour and the number of hours in a day 3M4c Tell and write the time from an analogue clock, including using Roman numerals from I to XII 4M4c Solve problems involving converting from hours to minutes; minutes to seconds; years to months; weeks to days 5M4 Solve problems involving converting between units of time 3M4d Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes and hours; use vocabulary such as o’clock/a.m./p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight 3M4e Know the number of seconds in a minute and the number of days in each month, year and leap year
3M4f Compare durations of events, [e.g.: to calculate the time taken by particular events or tasks] M5 Convert between metric units [KS2] 4M5 Convert between different of measurement [e.g.: kilometre to metre; hour to minute] 5M5 Convert between different units of metric measure [e.g.: kilometre and metre; centimetre and metre; centimetre and millimetre; gram and kilogram; litre and millilitre] 6M5 Use, read, write and convert between standard units, converting measurements of length, mass, volume and time from a smaller unit of measure to a larger unit, and vice versa, using decimal notation of up to three decimal places M6 Convert [KS2] 5M6 Understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints 6M6 Convert between miles and kilometres M7 Perimeter, area [KS2] 3M7 Measure the perimeter of simple 2–D shapes 4M7a Measure and calculate the perimeter of a rectilinear figure (including squares) in centimetres and metres 5M7a Measure and calculate the perimeter of composite rectilinear shapes in centimetres and metres 6M7a Recognise that shapes with the same areas can have different perimeters and vice versa 4M7b Find the area of rectilinear shapes by counting squares 5M7b Calculate and compare the area of rectangles (including squares), and including using standard units, square centimetres (cm²) and square metres (m²) and estimate the area of irregular shapes 6M7b Calculate the area of parallelograms and triangles 6M7c Recognise when it is possible to use the formulae for the area of shapes 5M8 6M8a