Measuring Mass

What would be the best unit for measuring the mass of a pair of scissors?

• grams

• kilograms

• tonnes

• centimetres

What would be the best unit for measuring the mass of a person?

• grams

• kilograms

• tonnes

• kilometres

Which of the following is probably about 1kg in mass?

• pencil

• truck

• bag of sugar

• grasshopper

Which of the following is probably about one tonne in mass?

• car

• lunch box

• Earth

• ruler

1kg is equal to _ grams

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 1 000 000

one tonne is equal to _ kgs

• 10 kg

• 100kg

• 1000kg

• 10 000kg

Which of the following probably has the greatest mass?

• a blue whale

• a car

• a lunch box

• a needle

Which of the following is probably about 1 gram in mass?

• a feather

• a pencil case

• a child

• a train

Which of the following probably has a mass of about 100kg?

• an adult man

• an orange

• a building

• a beetle

The scales show that the cherries have a mass of:

• 1 gram

• 1 kg

• 10 grams

• 100 grams