Support your students in developing confidence with metric conversions using our Kilograms & Tonnes Matching Maze Activity! This hands-on, visually engaging task helps students reinforce their understanding of the relationship between kilograms and tonnes while strengthening their ability to compare and convert mass in real-world contexts. With a fun, puzzle-style layout, it turns a key maths concept into an interactive challenge.

Students begin by matching each value at the top of the maze to its correct equivalent below. To make a match, they must draw a connecting path through shaded squares - promoting careful thinking, attention to detail, and number sense. Once all correct matches are made, students use their completed pairs to order the values from smallest to largest using consistent units.

Kilograms & Tonnes Matching Maze Activity is ideal for use during maths rotations, as a warm-up challenge, or to consolidate a lesson on measurement conversions. It supports students in building fluency with the base-10 relationship between units and encourages visual thinking, spatial reasoning and mathematical conversation.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Convert between kilograms and tonnes using the base-10 system
• ✅ Compare masses expressed in different units
• ✅ Match equivalent values through logical and visual reasoning
• ✅ Order metric values from smallest to largest with correct unit use
• ✅ Strengthen number sense in real-world measurement contexts

What’s Included:

• Maze-style worksheet with shaded paths for matching
• Metric mass values expressed in both kilograms and tonnes
• Extension task to order values and apply conversion thinking
• Student-friendly layout designed to support independent completion

Materials Needed:

• Printed maze worksheet (on paper or card)
• Pencil, eraser and ruler
• Highlighters or coloured pencils for drawing paths
• Optional: Grid paper for custom extension maze creation

How to Use:

1. Review the conversion: 1 tonne = 1000 kilograms.
2. Students match each top-row value to its correct equivalent in the bottom row.
3. They draw a connecting path between each pair, using only the shaded maze squares.
4. After matching all values, students order the pairs from smallest to largest.
5. Encourage discussion around strategies and comparison methods.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Include as part of a measurement unit on mass and conversion
• 💡 Use during maths centres or rotations for hands-on practise
• 💡 Display student solutions to promote mathematical reasoning and discussion
• 💡 Assign as a fast-finisher task or homework challenge
• 💡 Pair students for collaborative problem-solving and peer teaching

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use coloured markers to distinguish between different paths and reduce confusion
• 💛 Reinforce the conversion formula with an anchor chart or class display
• 💛 Challenge early finishers to rewrite all values in one unit for extended thinking
• 💛 Incorporate the activity into a themed measurement day or rotation

Kilograms & Tonnes Matching Maze Activity is a fun and effective way to revise key metric conversions, promote critical thinking, and make mass measurement meaningful through interactive, puzzle-based learning.