Year 5 Estimate Capacity Maths Challenge

Teacher Specific Information

This Year 5 Estimate Capacity Maths Challenge is designed to check pupils’ understanding of estimating capacity based on a given volume. Pupils will estimate the capacity of the pool and then work out the combination of buckets used to fill the pool.

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National Curriculum Objectives

Measurement

Mathematics Year 5: (5M8) Estimate volume [for example, using 1 cm3 blocks to build cuboids (including cubes)] and capacity [for example, using water]

Mathematics Year 5: (5M9a) Use all four operations to solve problems involving measure [for example, length, mass, volume, money] using decimal notation, including scaling