Singapore Mathematics Standards by Strand: Measurement

Measurement: Primary 1

Include:

• measurement and comparison of the lengths/ masses of two ormore objects in non-standard units,
• use of the following terms:
  

long, longer, longest
short, shorter, shortest
tall, taller, tallest
high, higher, highest
heavy, heavier, heaviest
light, lighter, lightest

Exclude finding the difference in length/ mass.

Include telling and writing time to the hour/ half hour.

Exclude 24-hour clock.

Include:

• identifying coins and notes of different denomination,
• matching a coin/ note of one denomination to an equivalent set of coins/ notes of another denomination,
• telling the amount of money

1. in cents up to $1,
2. in dollars up to $100.

• use of the symbols $ and ¢,
• solving word problems involving addition and subtraction of money in dollars only (or in cents only).
  
  

Exclude combinations of dollars and cents.

Measurement: Primary 2

• estimation and measurement of

1. length in metres/ centimetres,
   
2. mass in kilograms/ grams,
   
3. volume of liquid in litres,

• drawing a straight line of given length,
• use of the appropriate measures and their abbreviations cm, m, g, kg, ..,
• comparing

1. lengths,
   
2. masses,
3. volumes,

• solving word problems involving length/ mass/ volume.

Exclude:

• conversion of units,
• measurement in compound units,
• capacity of container,
• volume of solid.

• telling and writing time to 5 minutes,
• use of ‘a.m.’ and ‘p.m.’,
• use of abbreviations h and min,
• drawing hands on the clock face to show time,
• duration of one hour/ half hour from an o’clock time.

Exclude finding the duration of a time interval.

• counting the amount of money in a given set of notes and coins,
• reading and writing money in decimal notation,
• comparing two or three amounts of money,
• converting an amount of money in decimal notation to cents only, and vice versa,
• solving word problems involving money in dollars only (or in cents only).

Measurement: Primary 3

• measurement of

1. length in kilometres (km),
2. volume of liquid in millilitres (ml),

• measurement of length/ mass/ volume (of liquid) in compound units,
• conversion of a measurement in compound units to the smaller unit, and vice versa,

1. kilometres and metres,
2. metres and centimetres,
3. kilograms and grams,
4. litres and millilitres.

• solving word problems involving length/ mass/ volume/ capacity.

Exclude the 4 operations and word problems involving compound
units.

• telling and writing time to 1 minute,
• use of the terms ‘past’ and ‘to’, e.g. ’10 minutes past 5’ and ’15 minutes to 12’,
• measurement of time in hours and minutes,
• conversion of time in hours and minutes to minutes only, and vice versa,
• finding the duration of a time interval,
• finding the starting time/ finishing time,
• solving word problems involving addition and subtraction of time given in hours and minutes.

• addition and subtraction of money in decimal notation,
• solving word problems involving addition and subtraction of money in decimal notation.

• concepts of area and perimeter of a plane figure,
• measurement of area in square units,
• measurement of area in square centimetres (cm²) / square metres (m²),
• calculation of the perimeter of

1. rectilinear figure
2. rectangle
3. square

• use of formula to calculate the area of a rectangle/ square,
• solving word problems involving the area/ perimeter of squares and rectangles.

Exclude conversion between cm² and m².