Volume of Cuboids: Length × Width × Height
How many 1 cm cubes fill Bruno the bear’s box, 4 cm long, 3 cm wide and 2 cm high? Count one layer (4 × 3 = 12), then multiply by the number of layers to get 24 cm³. Learn the formula length × width × height, find the volume of a fish tank yourself, and work out a missing length.
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1:54Converting Units of Length, Mass and Capacity
Leo the lion runs 2.4 km. How many metres is that? Use the unit ladder (km, m, cm, mm) to see when to multiply and when to divide: 2.4 km = 2,400 m and 350 cm = 3.5 m. Then change 2.5 litres into millilitres yourself, and learn the big-to-small, multiply rule.
2:11Time: 24-Hour Clock and Time Differences
Shelly the turtle’s train leaves at 14:35 and arrives at 16:10. Learn to read the 24-hour clock and find how long a journey takes by counting up on a time line, not by subtracting. Then work out a bus journey from 10:50 to 13:05.
1:49Place Value to Millions
Leo the lion counts 3,452,618 visitors to the savanna. Learn what each digit is worth using a place value chart, how to read millions out loud, and how commas help. Then find the value of the 7 in 2,071,345.