Powerpoint highlighting details of the 'old English' imperial measurement system including old English currency. An ideal homework topic from this would be to get pupils to compare the prices of petrol in the UK vs the USA. Not as straightforward as you might think! Includes answers after last slide. A Metric Imperial Conversion PPT.
An list of metric and imperial measurements (with what they measure and whether metric/imperial) thought up by a rather imaginative Year 8 class. I guess further sets of imaginative minds will add to this as time goes by!
What's the biggest area you can contain with x cm of string? Whats the biggest volume you can contain with an A4 sheet of paper? Not as easuy as it seems!