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Weight (kg, g, t) Review

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 3 (Elementary School)
Topic: Weight (kg, g, t)

Reading a scale comes first, and children get used to dials whose smallest division differs across the 1kg, 2kg and 4kg faces. From there the unit covers conversions between kg and g and between t and kg, adding and subtracting weights, word problems combining the two, and units written with decimals.

On the 4kg scale, assuming one division is 10 g when it is really 20 g halves every reading, and recounting the divisions settles it. Dropping a zero during conversion also persists, as when 1 kg 500 g is written 150 g rather than 1500 g.

The idea of converting between units used in Decimal Units (Capacity and Length) stays alive here without any change at all. The only difference is that the subject becomes weight, measured in kg, g and t. This skill of lining numbers up and rewriting them widens in grade 6, in The Structure of Measurement Units, to handling compound units that include mg.

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Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Weight (kg, g, t)”, shown with their answers.

(1)There are 6kg400g of cookies and 3kg300g of pears. What is the total weight in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 9kg, 700g
(2)Cordelia has 550g of cake and 650g of pie. What is the total weight in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 1kg, 200g
(3)There are 9kg400g of boxes and 5kg200g of oranges. What is the difference in weight in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 4kg, 200g
(4)Heather put 850g of sandwiches into a can that weighs 350g. What will the total weight be in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 1kg, 200g
(5)Taylor's bag weighs 4kg. The book inside weighs 2kg300g. How much heavier is the bag than the book, in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 1kg, 700g
(6)Heather had a box weighing 2kg. She put 1kg400g of things inside. How much is there in total, in how many kg and how many g? Answer □ □
Answer: 3kg, 400g

What to do next

Reading a ScaleReading a Scale Reading (1 kg Marks)

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