1. Can you identify these instruments used for weighing objects? Give an example of 2 items you would weigh using each of these instruments.
a) b) c) d)
2. Name 5 items around your classroom that you think weigh a) less than 100g
b) more than 100g. Check your answers.
3. Find out which of the following items is the lightest. Estimate the weight of each, select the appropriate unit and weigh them using the appropriate instrument.
a) a chair c) a printer
Item Unit
b) 5 encyclopaedias d) a schoolbag
Estimated weight Actual weight Difference
e) Select 5 more items from your schoolbag and find which is the heaviest using the same chart.
4. Estimate which item is heavier. a) A cushion or a calculator b) A wooden block or cement brick of the same size c) A golf ball or a balloon d) A kilogram of lead or a kilogram of air
Strand: Measures
Curriculum Objectives: Select and use appropriate instruments of measurement; rename measures of weight.