What’s the Weight? Kilograms & Tonnes: Mass Worksheets is a practical and visually engaging resource designed to strengthen student understanding of larger mass units. By exploring kilograms and tonnes through real-world contexts, visual scale reading, and unit conversions, students will build fluency and confidence in measurement while developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Through a variety of structured tasks, students practise reading diagrams, interpreting scales, converting between units, and recognising when it is appropriate to measure in kilograms versus tonnes. The worksheets also incorporate meaningful context, encouraging students to link maths to science, construction, transport and animal research, making the learning purposeful and relevant.

Whether used as part of a larger unit on measurement or as a focused practice activity, this resource supports a wide range of learners by combining visual, numerical and written elements. The gradual progression from simple conversions to context-based challenges ensures that students are both supported and extended as they deepen their understanding of mass measurement.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Read scales accurately to determine mass
• ✅ Convert between kilograms and tonnes
• ✅ Recognise appropriate situations to use kg or t
• ✅ Interpret diagrams and apply knowledge to real-world scenarios
• ✅ Develop reasoning and estimation skills when working with large numbers

What’s Included:

• Worksheets focusing on:
• Reading and interpreting mass on visual scales
• Matching objects to their approximate weight
• Converting between kilograms and tonnes
• Context-based questions to apply measurement understanding
• Research extension activity for cross-curricular integration

Materials Needed:

• Printed worksheets
• Pencils or pens
• Optional: real-life images of heavy items such as vehicles, animals or buildings
• Optional: classroom scales or visual mass comparisons

How to Use:

• Start with a class discussion about mass and when kg or t would be used
• Model how to read scales carefully and convert between units
• Guide students through each worksheet section step-by-step
• Encourage students to complete the object research task as an independent extension
• Use the completed worksheets to prompt class discussion or display learning

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Include in a measurement or data unit during small group maths instruction
• 💡 Use as an assessment task to check understanding of large unit conversions
• 💡 Pair with science or geography lessons on transport, animals or natural features
• 💡 Create a wall display of researched weights to connect maths to real-world learning

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Use real or comparative images to help students visualise the difference between kg and t
• 💛 Encourage students to estimate before converting to support number sense development
• 💛 Integrate vocabulary discussions (e.g., "approximate," "heaviest," "capacity") to enhance literacy links
• 💛 Let students create their own scale and object challenge cards for peer practise

What’s the Weight? Kilograms & Tonnes: Mass Worksheets offers a powerful way to help students navigate large mass units with confidence and purpose. With engaging visuals, real-life connections and practical reasoning opportunities, it’s a must-have resource for deepening your students’ measurement skills.