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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "standard units of measure" — DfE statement G14. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Standard units of measure worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A water tank holds 2.5 m³. Work out this volume in cm³.
- 2.A recipe uses 1.25 kg of flour. Work out how many grams of flour this is.
- 3.A trapezium-shaped garden bed has parallel sides of 2.5 m and 4.5 m, and a perpendicular width of 3 m. A gardener wants to know the area of the bed before ordering topsoil. Work out the area of the garden bed.
- 4.A parallelogram has a base of 9 cm and a perpendicular height of 4 cm. Work out its area.
- 5.A tank holds 3.2 m³ of water. Work out this volume in litres.
- 6.A tap fills a tank at a rate of 18 litres per minute. The tank holds 0.45 m³. Work out how long the tap takes to fill the tank.
- 7.A square has sides of length 7 cm. Work out its area.
- 8.A bottle holds 2 litres of water. A glass holds 250 ml. Work out how many of these glasses can be filled from one full bottle.
- 9.A rectangular notice board measures 150 cm by 80 cm. Work out its area in m².
- 10.A cake recipe takes 135 minutes from start to finish. Write this time as hours and minutes.
- 11.A plumber charges a £45 call-out fee, plus £28 for each hour worked. She works on a job for 3 hours 30 minutes, and her hours are billed by rounding up to the next whole hour. Work out the total amount she charges.
- 12.A bus journey takes 2.5 hours. Work out how many minutes this is.
- 13.A triangle has a base of 8 cm and a perpendicular height of 5 cm. Work out its area.
- 14.A cheese counter sells cheddar at £8.40 per kilogram. Work out the cost of a 350 g piece of cheddar.
- 15.A jug holds 750 ml of water. Work out what fraction of a litre this is.
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