Problem-Solving Strategies & Skills – Measurement & Geometry: Year 2

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Measurement and geometry

Bill and Ben each measured around their head with a piece of string. Then they joined blocks together to find out the length of ©R . I . C .Publ i cat i ons their string. Ben’s length of string •f orr e vi ew pur posesonl y• measured 48 blocks and Bill’s measured 51 blocks. Who has the biggest head and by how much is it bigger than the other person’s? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Bill and Ben each measured around their head with a piece of string. Then they joined blocks together to find out the length of ©R . I . C .Publ i cat i ons their string. Ben’s length of string •f orr e vi ew pur posesonl y• measured 48 blocks and Bill’s measured 51 blocks. If both lengths of blocks were joined end-to-end to form one length, would the total length be greater than or less than 100? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Dana traced around her hand and cut it out. Then she used the shape to measure the area of the tabletop and the seat of her chair. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons

The area of the chair seat was three •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• quarters less than that of the tabletop. If the area of the chair seat was six hand shapes, what is the area of the tabletop? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Dana used the shape of her hand to measure the area of the tabletop, the seat of her chair and her library bag. The area of the chair seat, which was six hand shapes, was three © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons quarters less than that of the •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• tabletop. The area of the library bag was half the area of the chair seat. Which object has an area which is not the largest or the smallest? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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A carton of milk weighs the same as eighteen marbles. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons

f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• How many more•marbles are needed to balance the carton of milk?

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A carton of milk weighs the same as eighteen marbles. Three marbles were added to the side of the balance scales © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons with the carton of milk and five •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• were added to the side with only marbles. Which side of the balance scales has the greater mass (weight)? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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The White family arrived at their hotel at 11:00 after travelling for 3 and a half hours. Which clock shows the time they started their journey? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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The White family arrived at their hotel at 11:00 after travelling for 3 and a half hours. They rode in a rickshaw to their bungalow, which was seven minutes away. It took only© 13R. minutes toat unpack, change and I . C.Publ i c i ons head for the beach. •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• How much time lapsed between arriving at the hotel and reaching the beach? Write your answer as a fraction of an hour. R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Lu and Xin estimated in grams how many oats were in a bag. Then they poured the oats into a container sitting on kitchen scales to find how close their estimate came to the actual measurement. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons f orr evi ew p ur po sesonl y• Their estimate was• 250 grams. The actual

measurement was 180 grams.

What was the difference between the estimate and the actual measurement? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Lu and Xin estimated in grams how many oats were in a bag. Then they poured the oats into a container sitting on kitchen scales to find how close their estimate came to the actual measurement. © R. I . C .Publ i cat i ons Lu guessed 190 grams and Xin •f or r evi e w pguessed ur posesonl y• 225 grams. If the actual measurement in grams was 210, whose estimate was the closest? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Measurement and geometry Judd made a table to compare 2-D shapes with straight sides.

Shape square

The number of sides of all the rectangle shapes in the table was totalled. The number of corners the © R. I . Cin .Pall ubl i cat i ons triangle •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• shapes was totalled. Which phrase best describes the totals when compared—one total was larger than the other OR the totals were equal?

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Corners

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Judd made a table to compare 2-D shapes with straight sides.

square rectangle

© Rcan . I . C.be Publ i cat i ons How many triangles triangle •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• made from each shape in the table if Judd can only divide rhombus them once?

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Corners

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Measurement and geometry ‘Listen to the clues,’ said Mr Burgess, ‘then tell me the name of the mystery shape’. ‘I have no curved surfaces, six © R. I . C.P ubl i cat i ons f orr evi ew p ur posesonl y• flat faces, twelve•edges and eight corners. My faces are made up of two squares and four rectangles.’ ‘What 3-D shape am I?’ R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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‘Listen to the clues,’ said Mr Burgess, ‘then tell me the name of the mystery shape’. ‘I have the same number of flat © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons faces, edges and corners as a •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• rectangular prism (cuboid). Each of my faces has four equal sides and four corners.’ ‘What 3-D shape am I?’ R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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WHITEBOARD

ART SUPPLIES

Amy starts at the door, walks one square 4 down, four squares across to the right and 1n 3ubl © R. I . C.P i cat i o s two squares up to her •f o rr evi ew pur posesonl y• table. 3 2 2

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Is she going to use © R. 1n 3ubl I . C.P i cat i o s a computer, giving •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• 3 2 the teacher her 2 homework or going 1 to do an art activity?

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The teacher asked the class to find and measure three classroom objects in © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons centimetres. Sheila•f 5e cm orr evi e16 wcm pur pos sonl y• recorded her results in a table.

RULER

30 cm

What is the order of objects from shortest to longest? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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The teacher asked the class to find and measure three classroom objects in centimetres. Sheila recorded her first results in a table.

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30 cm

Sheila used her pencil, making it •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• 5 cm shorter. The ruler broke and she was only able to measure one half. If Sheila measured her objects now, what would the order of objects from longest to shortest be? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Susie weighed some objects using different units and made a table. WEIGHT/ WEIGHT/ WEIGHT/ MASS MASS MASS © . I . C.Pub5 l i c at i ons 20 cubes ruler 6R blocks shells •f or r e vi ew pur po sesonl y water bottle 24 blocks 20 shells 80•cubes book 30 blocks 25 shells 100 cubes OBJECT

What is the order of the three objects from ‘weighs the most’ to ‘weighs the least’? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Susie weighed some objects using different units and made a table. WEIGHT/ WEIGHT/ WEIGHT/ MASS MASS MASS © R. I . C.Pub i cat i ons20 cubes ruler 6 blocks 5l shells •f o24 rr e vi ew pu r po sesonl y• water bottle blocks 20 shells 80 cubes book 30 blocks 25 shells 100 cubes OBJECT

What is the total weight of the three objects in each of the three different units of measurement? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Georgia filled a jug, a bottle and an empty ice cream container with water measured using a small, clean yogurt tub. The jug had a capacity© ofR14 . I . Cyogurt .Publ i ctubs at i ons f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• and the bottle held• 21. If the total capacity of all three containers was 88 yogurt tubs, how many did the ice cream container hold? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Georgia filled a jug, a bottle and an empty ice cream container with water measured using a small, clean yogurt tub. The jug had a capacity of 14 yogurt tubs © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons and the bottle held 21. The total capacity of •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• all three containers was 88 yogurt tubs. What was the difference in yogurt tubs between the container that held the most and the container that held the least? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Measurement and geometry When Blake woke up, the clock showed this time:

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‘It’s much too early to get up!’ he said to himself and closed his eyes again. When he next opened his eyes forty-five minutes had passed. What time was it? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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When Blake woke up, the clock showed this time: © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

He was determined to set his alarm half an hour earlier the next day. What time will the alarm sound the next day? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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A bunch of five bananas has a mass (weight) of 600 grams. Two crisp red apples weigh a total of 144 grams. Two small oranges together weigh 192 grams. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• Which piece of fruit weighs more—one banana, one apple or one orange?

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A bunch of five bananas has a mass (weight) of 600 grams. Two crisp red apples weigh a total of 144 grams. Two small oranges together weigh 192 grams. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• If all nine pieces of fruit were weighed together, how much would they weigh, in total, in grams?

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Courtney had one black semicircle, one light blue circle and one dark blue oval to make a design. She cut each in half, as© R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons shown, to give herself •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• more shapes to create her design. What is the total of the straight sides and the total of the curved sides of the shapes she now has for her design? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Courtney made a design with coloured paper shapes. She put one black semicircle on top of a light blue circle which was on top ©aR. I . C.Publ i cat i ons of, and in the middle of, dark f orr evi ew pu r poshapes sesonl yas • one blue oval. Then she•cut through the using the straight side of the semicircle as a guide. How many straight sides in total and curved sides in total do all the new shapes have after cutting? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Measurement and geometry Name

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The class created a table cube to compare the curved rectangular prism/cuboid surfaces and flat faces of I . C.Publ i cat i o ns square-based some 3-D shapes.© R.

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Someone forgot to name one of the 3-D shapes. What shape is it?

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Measurement and geometry Curved surfaces

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square-based pyramid •f orr evi ew pur poseso nl y•

Which two 3-D shapes have the most flat faces and the least curved surfaces?

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What was his destination?

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Bradley placed his bicycle in the rack and moved two squares south, then four © R. I . C. Publ i cat i ons W squares west, and two •f o rr evi ew pur posesonl y• squares north.

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What group of classrooms does he belong to?

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New play equipment was installed at the local park. A sign stated that the height of the equipment was 3 metres and that it could only be used by children if they are 115 centimetres or taller. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons

Rose (110 cm tall), Robin (123 cm tall) •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• and Tess (135 cm tall) wanted to use the equipment. Who will and won’t be able to use the equipment? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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New play equipment was installed at the local park. The sign next to it stated that the height of the equipment was 3 metres and that it could only be used by children if they are 115 centimetres or taller. ©a R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons John, who was one and quarter or r evi ew p posesonl y• metres tall, climbed•f to the top ofur the equipment. He held a 2-m flag 1⁄4 m above his head in the air.

What was the total height of the structure now to the top of the flag? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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In pairs, the children estimated their weight and then weighed each other. Travis and Justin had the following results: ESTIMATE ACTUAL WEIGHT © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons 18 kilograms 23 kilograms TRAVIS •f orr evi ew pur poses onl y• JUSTIN 30 kilograms 21 kilograms

Whose estimate was closest to the actual weight and by how many kilograms? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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In pairs, the children had to estimate their weight and then weigh each other. Travis and Justin played a joke and got on the scales together.© They R. I . Cweighed .Publ i cat i ons •f orWhen r evi ewTravis pur posesonl y• a total of 51 kilograms. got off the scales and Justin stayed on, the scales showed 24 kilograms. What did Travis weigh? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Fruit juice can be bought in one- and twolitre bottles. Jane bought eight one-litre bottles of fruit juice and Joyce bought six two-litre bottles © R. I . C. Publ i cat i o ns f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• of the same fruit•juice. If each person poured their quantity of fruit juice into its own large bowl, who would need the larger bowl—Jane or Joyce?

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Fruit juice can be bought in one- and two-litre bottles. Jane prefers to buy one-litre bottles and Joyce prefers to buy two-litre bottles of the same © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons fruit juice. •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

Joyce bought nine two-litre bottles for a party. How many one-litre bottles would Jane need to buy to have the same amount of fruit juice as Joyce?

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Chad was trying to improve his sprinting times. He set his watch to beep every 15 seconds and ran the © R. I . Cto .Pbeat ubl i cat i ons distance each time trying •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y• the beep. If his watch beeped 12 times, for how many seconds did he sprint?

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Every day Chad tried to increase the time he ran. On Monday he ran for 4 minutes. Over the next three days he ran 1 minute more each day. By Friday he was running ©R . I . Cprevious .Publ i cat i ons for 2 minutes more than the •f orr ev i ew pur p os esonl y• day. Every day he started training at the time shown on the clock. Will he finish training before 4:00 on Friday? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Measurement and geometry The children were asked to cut the 2-D shapes below into halves along a line of symmetry.

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The children were asked to cut the 2-D shapes below into halves along a line of symmetry. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

Which shape below has not been created by cutting any of the shapes above along a line of symmetry?

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The class had to choose from the following 3-D shapes— sphere, cube and cylinder—to answer the question below. Which 3-D shape has 3 more corners than a square-based © Ra . I . C .Publ i cat i ons pyramid? pyramid and 4 more than triangular-based •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

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The class had to choose from the following 3-D shapes— sphere, cube, rectangular prism/cuboid, square-based pyramid, triangular-based pyramid, cone and cylinder—to answer the © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons question below. •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

Which four 3-D shapes have 4 or less vertices or corners?

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Georgina used a shape to make an interesting piece of artwork. The black shape shows the original position of the shape. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

What colour are the shapes that have moved through a one-step slide? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Georgina used a shape to make an interesting piece of artwork. The black and green shapes © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons show the original positions.

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What colour are the shapes that have been flipped from the originals?

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A study of the equine family showed a clear difference in height. The height of a horse is about 16 hands. The height of a donkey is 4 hands less aubl © Rthan . I . C.P i cat i ons •f orr eva i epony w pur posesonl y• horse and the height of is 2 hands more than a donkey. What are the animals’ heights in order from shortest to tallest? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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A study of the equine family showed a clear difference in height. The height of a horse is about 16 hands. The height of a donkey is 4 hands less than a horse and the height of a pony is 2 hands more than a donkey. The height of the smallest is © R. I . Csubtracted .Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi e w pu r posesonl y• from the second tallest and the height of the second tallest is subtracted from the height of the tallest. What is the common difference in height between the animals? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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When full, a baby’s bottle contains 180 mL. The baby drank from the © R. I . C. Publ i cat i ons bottle four times until it was empty.

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Measurement and geometry

When full, a baby’s bottle contains 180 mL. The baby drank from the © R. I . C. Publ i cat i ons bottle four times until it was empty.

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Which times did the baby drink the same amount?

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Jade watched her favourite show, which started at 3 o’clock and finished at 4 o’clock. Commercials kept interrupting © R. I . C.Pthe ubl i cat i ons f orr ev i ew p ur pose sonl y • show so she timed• them. Two lasted three minutes each, four lasted two minutes each and three lasted for one minute each. How long did the commercials last in total and how much actual time was spent watching the show? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Jade watched her favourite show, which started at 3 o’clock and finished at 4 o’clock. Commercials kept interrupting © R. I . C.Pthe ubl i cat i ons f orr ev i ew p ur pose sonl y • show so she timed• them. Two lasted three minutes each, four lasted two minutes each and three lasted for one minute each. What time would the show finish if all the commercials were removed? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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The date of Steve’s play Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. is circled on the calendar. Practice must begin at 4 5 6 7 I . C.11 Publ i cat i on 12 13s 14 least two weeks before© R. •f o rr evi ew18pur p oses20 onl y• 19 21 and can only be held on 25 26 27 28 Tuesdays and Thursdays.

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Measurement and geometry May

The date of Steve’s play Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. is circled on the calendar. A special performance 4 5 6 7 © R. I . C.11 Publ i cat i on 12 13s 14 will be held at the nursing •f orr evi ew18pur p oses20 onl y• 19 21 home one week and three 25 26 27 28 days later.

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Kylie wanted to make two of the 3-D shapes shown but only had two circles, one rectangle, one © R. I . C. Publ i cat i ons square and four • triangles to p use. f orr evi ew ur posesonl y• Which two 3-D shapes can Kylie make?

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Kylie combined the same number of the same 2-D shape in different ways, then folded and taped them together. Each time she created the same 3-D shape. © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons •f orr evi ew pur posesonl y•

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Jacob sorted and compared the following shapes by the number of edges each has: a rectangular prism/cuboid, a square-based pyramid and a triangular-based pyramid.

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with the least number of edges to the one with the most edges. What would the order of the three 3-D shapes be? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Jacob sorted and compared the following shapes by the number of faces each has: a sphere, cone and cylinder. Jacob wants to order the from the © Rshapes . I . C.Pub l i cat i o ns •f orr evi e pur po ses onl y• one with the most number ofwfaces to the one with the least number of faces. What would the order of the three 3-D shapes be? R.I.C. Publications® Prim-Ed Publishing

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Measurement and geometry This shape was rotated (turned) four times from its original position. threequarter half turn whole turn turn © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons

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This shape was rotated (turned) four times from its original position. threequarter whole turn turn © R. I . C.Publ i cat i ons

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Bill has the biggest head by 3 blocks. less than 100

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24 hand shapes the chair seat

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three (3) marbles the side with the milk carton

Table 5 giving the teacher her homework

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Clock 2 1 ⁄3 of an hour (20 minutes)

eraser—5 cm; pencil—16 cm; ruler—38 cm ruler—19 cm; pencil—11 cm; eraser—5 cm

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70 grams Xin’s estimate was closest.

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the playground Middle Primary classroom

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The totals were equal. two from each shape

book, water bottle, ruler 60 blocks; 50 shells; 200 cubes

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Will—Robin and Tess; Won’t—Rose 6 1⁄2 m

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rectangular prism/ cuboid cube

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quarter past 8 or 8:15 quarter to 8 or 7:45

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one banana 936 grams

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8 straight lines; 6 curved sides 5 straight sides; 5 curved lines

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53 yogurt tubs 39 yogurt tubs

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Travis’ estimate by 5 kilograms Travis weighed 27 kilograms.

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Joyce 18 one-litre bottles

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180 seconds Yes

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square—four lines of symmetry Shape 6

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cube sphere, triangularbased pyramid, cone and cylinder

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red, orange and green red and orange

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donkey—12 hands, pony—14 hands, horse—16 hands two (2) hands 120 mL first and third, second and fourth

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Thursday, 1 May Monday, 26 May

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cylinder and squarebased pyramid a cube

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triangular-based pyramid, squarebased pyramid, rectangular prism/ cuboid cylinder, cone, sphere three-quarter turn half turn and whole turn

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