Ready, set, go! Students will race around the track in this exciting digital game while sharpening their measurement skills. Every correct conversion from centimetres to millimetres sends their car zooming forward. Who will reach the winner’s podium first?

This fast-paced game offers students a fun and dynamic way to practise converting centimetres (cm) into millimetres (mm), including whole numbers and decimals up to one decimal place. As they make accurate conversions, they gain a stronger understanding of the base-10 relationships within the metric system, all while competing in a lively racing scenario.

Let’s Race – Converting Centimetres to Millimetres is perfect for maths rotations, revision activities, or end-of-unit celebration tasks. Each question boosts student confidence and pushes their car ahead, while incorrect answers slow them down slightly. It encourages repeated practice and builds measurement fluency in a memorable way.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Convert centimetres (cm) to millimetres (mm) accurately
• ✅ Understand the place value relationship between metric units
• ✅ Develop fluency with conversions involving whole numbers and decimals
• ✅ Strengthen real-world problem-solving using metric measurement
• ✅ Participate in fast-paced, interactive gameplay to boost engagement

How to Play:

1. Students are presented with a value in centimetres and must convert it into millimetres.
2. Correct answers make their car speed up and race ahead on the track.
3. Incorrect answers slow the car down, but players continue racing.
4. The race finishes once all questions have been answered and the leaderboard is revealed.
5. Students can replay the game to improve accuracy and beat their previous score.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Use as a warm-up activity during your measurement unit on length
• 💡 Great as a revision task before a summative test on metric conversions
• 💡 Suitable for Year 3–5 students developing metric fluency with cm and mm
• 💡 Incorporate into a measurement-themed rotation day with hands-on and digital tasks

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Send the QR code home for students to play as a homework or revision task
• 💛 Let students personalise their experience by choosing from six characters before the game begins
• 💛 Select the number of players or teams at the start of the game to suit individual, paired, or group play

Let’s Race – Converting Centimetres to Millimetres combines speed, skill and strategy to help students master metric conversions while having fun!