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Measurement

Measures need units — and you can swap between them.

Converting unitsMiles & kilometresArea of triangles & parallelogramsPerimeterVolume of cuboids

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Metric units

1 km = 1000 m, 1 m = 100 cm, 1 kg = 1000 g, 1 litre = 1000 ml.

Miles

5 miles ≈ 8 km.

Area

Triangle = ½ × base × height. Parallelogram = base × height.

Worked example

Area of a triangle with base 10 cm, height 6 cm

  1. 1½ × 10 × 6
  2. 2= 30 cm² ✅

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