Converting Units Worksheet + Answers (KS2 - Year 6)

A double-sided PDF worksheet with questions and answers on Converting Units. The worksheet has preparation questions for the student to complete before the topic is taught and topic questions to complete afterwards. Also included is a full marking grid so students have a gap-analysis of what they understand and what they need to improve.
Suitable for Year 6 Students.
The download includes the Questions PDF and the Answers PDF.

Strands included:

5M4 solve problems involving converting between units of time
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]
5M6 understand and use approximate equivalences between metric units and common imperial units such as inches, pounds and pints
5M9c use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [e.g. mass] using decimal notation, including scaling
5M9d use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [e.g. volume] using decimal notation, including scaling
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
6M6 convert between miles and kilometres
6M9 solve problems involving the calculation and conversion of units of measure, using decimal notation up to three decimal places where appropriate

Preparation Questions:

Find time before and after time in a race
Find correct time given current time on watch and minutes fast
Find the amount of washes from box of washing powder – division
Convert degrees C temperature to degrees F with a thermometer scale
Circle Approximation to 1 foot in cm
Find change given given fraction weights of two purchases and price per weight
Find how many days a box of oats will last given daily consumption
Find total volume of three in litres given volume of one in ml
Find how much juice left over after giving ml to children from x litre jug

Topic Questions:

Convert 2 digit m to 3 d.p. km
Find how many seconds in hour, mins in day, hours in week, etc
Order capacities
Convert miles to kilometres
Convert miles to kilometres (using 1 mile = 1.6 km)
Convert miles to kilometres using graph
Find how much is left in litres in litre bowl after removing ml
Find amount left after ml poured into a glass from 3 d.p. litres jug
Find amount of sweets given sweet weight and packet weight (3 d.p.)