We will work through four measures problems. None of the measurements land on tidy whole numbers, so watch how we handle decimals and fractions of a unit. For each one, look for two things: which operation the words are asking for, and which unit the answer belongs in.

Now we work through these measures problems together, one after another. First: ¾ of a 2 litre carton of juice is poured out — how many litres is that? Remember the two steps we just saw: find one quarter of the 2 litres first, then take three of those quarters. Next: a 5.6 m roll of ribbon is cut into 0.7 m lengths — how many lengths? Last: 4.5 litres of paint is shared equally between 3 rooms — how much paint does each room get? We say the operation aloud before we solve each one.