Bring real-world maths into the classroom with our engaging Supermarket Sweep Worksheets! These versatile activity sheets are designed to help students explore metric units of measurement through the familiar context of supermarket packaging, making maths meaningful and hands-on.

Students will examine a range of everyday grocery items to identify the metric units used to describe mass and capacity. Whether working with actual packaging, items sourced from around the classroom, or using illustrations from memory, students will have plenty of opportunities to engage with grams, kilograms, millilitres, and litres in a practical way.

With multiple differentiated versions available, you can tailor the activity to suit your students’ abilities. Choose worksheets that focus solely on mass, capacity, or combine both. Versions vary in complexity by increasing the number of items students are asked to record - making it easy to scaffold learning across a class or year level.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Identify and record metric units for mass and capacity
• ✅ Compare and classify objects based on measurable attributes
• ✅ Develop familiarity with everyday units such as grams, kilograms, millilitres, and litres
• ✅ Strengthen real-world maths connections using practical objects
• ✅ Work independently or collaboratively to record and present findings

What’s Included:

• Multiple worksheet versions focusing on mass, capacity, or a combination of both
• Options with increasing difficulty based on number of items
• Clear tables for students to record item names, type, and metric units
• Flexible format to suit different classroom approaches

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets
• Selection of real or empty supermarket packaging (optional)
• Pencils or pens for recording information
• Clipboards for movement-based activities (optional)

How to Use:

1. Choose the worksheet version that best matches your learning focus—mass, capacity, or both.
2. Decide whether students will use real items, find objects around the classroom, or draw from memory.
3. Introduce or review key metric units and provide examples before starting the activity.
4. Students examine their chosen items and complete the worksheet by recording name, category, and unit of measurement.
5. Discuss findings as a class, highlighting trends and differences in packaging and units.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Set up a mock supermarket corner in your classroom using collected packaging
• 💡 Use the worksheets as part of a maths rotation focusing on measurement
• 💡 Turn it into a scavenger hunt—students search around the room or school for labelled items
• 💡 Pair with a home-learning task where students explore their pantry or fridge
• 💡 Extend by asking students to sort items from heaviest to lightest or by largest volume

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use laminated worksheets with whiteboard markers for repeated use
• 💛 Group items into mass or capacity boxes to support students needing scaffolding
• 💛 Encourage estimation before checking measurements to build number sense
• 💛 Integrate this activity with a maths journal reflection or oral presentation

Supermarket Sweep Worksheets are a flexible, real-life resource that brings metric measurement to life - perfect for developing maths skills through hands-on, familiar experiences that students will love.