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Measurement Conversion Activities - Metric System Task Cards

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    Updated:  06 Feb 2025

Share these measurement conversion activities task cards with your students to help them master metric conversions of length, mass, and capacity.

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Measurement Conversion Activities - Metric System Task Cards

  • Updated

    Updated:  06 Feb 2025

Share these measurement conversion activities task cards with your students to help them master metric conversions of length, mass, and capacity.

  • Editable

    Editable:  Google Slides

  • Non-Editable

    Non-Editable:  PDF

  • Pages

    Pages:  1 Page

  • Curriculum
  • Grades

    Grades:  4 - 6

Share these measurement conversion activities task cards with your students to help them master metric conversions of length, mass, and capacity.

Complete Many Measurement Conversion Activities With These Task Cards!

Engage your students with this Measurement Conversion Activities – Metric System Task Cards set! With 24 task cards featuring a variety of metric conversion problems involving length, mass, and capacity, this resource is perfect for reinforcing key concepts through interactive practice. It includes a recording sheet, answer key, and five creative ideas for classroom use, making it a versatile tool for math centers, group activities, or independent practice.

This measurement conversion activities task card set contains problems converting among these units of measurement:

  • Millimeters
  • Centimeters
  • Meters
  • Kilometers
  • Milligrams
  • Grams
  • Kilograms
  • Milliliters
  • Liters
  • Kiloliters

One Resource — Many Metric System Conversion Activities!

This resource is five metric system conversion activities in one! Check out the ways you can use these versatile measurement conversion activities task cards:

  1. Scoot Game: Place task cards around the classroom. Students rotate from card to card, solving each problem and recording the answers on their answer sheets.
  2. Small Group Work: Assign a set of task cards to small groups for cooperative learning. Students discuss and solve problems together.
  3. Independent Practice: Assign task cards as individual work for extra practice. Students can check their answers using the provided answer key.
  4. Math Centers: Include these task cards as part of a measurement conversion math center. Rotate groups through different activities, including these task cards.
  5. Exit Tickets: Hand out one task card per student as a quick check before leaving class. Use their responses to assess understanding.

Download Our Metric System Activity

This metric system activity is easy to download and use. Just click the drop-down arrow on the download button, and choose the format that works for you.


This resource was created by Lauren Borst, a teacher in Indiana and a Teach Starter collaborator.


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