Year 8 Measure Assessment
1. Measure each line accurately (to the nearest mm)
c)
a)
b)
2. Have a look at the pictures below. Decide if you need to use a ruler to measure it in centimetres
(cm) or a measuring jug to measure in millilitres (ml). Write them into the correct place on the
Venn diagram.
Metric Units
3. Which metric units from the box would you use to measure these in?
a. The length of your bedroom
b. Your weight
c. The dose of medicine you need to take d. The distance to Paris
e. The amount of water in a bath
f. The length of your finger
g. The thickness of a coin
h. The weight of a bus
b. 142cm = . . . . . m
e. 1.2l = . . . . . ml
h. 2.3kg = . . . . . g
kg
m
ml
g
cm
l
mg
mm
tonne
4. Fill in the gaps using the conversion factors:
a. 20mm = . . . . . cm
d. 12 000g = . . . . . kg
g. 250km = . . . . . cm
km
Metricml
Conversions
10mm = 1cm
c. 6200mg = . . . . . g
f. 6m = . . . . . mm
i. 4400ml = . . . . . l
100cm = 1m
1000m = 1km
5. Draw the times on the clocks provided:
1000mg = 1g
1000g = 1kg
1000ml = 1l
5 past 8
20 to 11
6.20
1735
6.
a) John and Ross are flying to Australia for a holiday. They must arrive at Gatwick Airport 2 hours
before the flight takes off at 22:45. It takes 3 hours 50 minutes to reach the airport. What time
must they leave home?
b) A postman starts work at 05:30 and finishes at 09:35. He then goes back to do his second
delivery at 12:15 and finishes at 16:28. How long does he actually work?
7. Solve like a crossword puzzle except that numbers replace words.
Across
Down
1.
3 feet = ………………inches
1.
105 yards = ………………feet
2.
2 miles = ………………yards
2.
1 foot = ………………cm
5.
10 gallons = ………………pints
3.
2.7 litres = ………………ml
6.
66 feet = ………………yards
4.
100kg = ………………pounds
7.
5400 ml = ………………litres
5.
7 feet = ………………inches
8.
500 miles = ………………km
9.
15cm = ………………inches
11.
0.945 litres = ………………ml
10.
10 litres = ………………pints
13.
6 gallons = ………………pints
12.
24 pints = ………………gallons
You will need to use these relationships:
1 foot = 12 inches
1 inch  2.5 cm
1 yard = 3 feet
5 miles  8 km
5 litres  9 pints
1 mile = 1760 yards
1 kg  2.2 pounds
1 gallon = 8 pints
1 litre = 1000 ml