Measures Games

Free fun numeracy games suitable for use by Key Stage 2 children either in school or the home. This collection is based on measuring activities such as clock games, measuring capacity and lengths. The time games are progressive in difficulty.

Coconut Ordering

Compare and order different numbers, including decimal numbers, and metric quantities involving length, mass, capacity and money.

Measuring in Cm

A measuring game which can help children to understand how to use a ruler. Children need to measure various objects against a centimetre ruler. Two levels of difficulty with whole centimetre and half centimetre examples.

Teaching Clock

Teaching Clock is an open-ended teaching resource to help children explore telling the time in both analogue and digital formats. The digital clocks can be viewed in either 12-hour or 24-hour layout.

Find the Start Time

A maths game where you need to find the start time after a given time interval. Find the correct time on an analogue or digital clock. Lots of choice of level, including: subtracting 1 hour, multiples of 5, or 10 minutes and more.

Two Clocks

An amazing resource for demonstrating the difference between two times. It is configurable so that teachers can use it at a basic level or use the questions provided.

Adding Time Word Problems

Word problems where you need to read the time on either an analogue or digital clock and then answer a word problem involving adding a given time.

Capacity Countdown

A game by ICT games where you need to read the volumes on the scales in ml and l.

Telling the Time in Words

A game where you need to tell the time in words. Use language such as 'o'clock', 'half past' and 'quarter to' and compare the analogue time to digital time. Different levels of difficulty.

Time Tools - 12 hours to the minute

A game where you can practise how to tell the time on both analogue and digital devices in this fun maths game. Match each 12 hour digital clock to the correct analogue clock.

Mostly Postie

Can you read scales? Then try this read the scales game which includes weights in grams and kilograms.

Using a Calendar

Confused about calendars and time intervals? This is a really useful site to learn about how to read a calendar and work out time intervals. Great as a teaching aid on an interactive whiteboard.

Reading Scales

This website has activities involving reading scales. There are six levels of difficulty and the hardest include negative numbers and decimals. The scales include linear, thermometers and a variety of dials.

Reading Scales Mass

A great teaching aid for children learning to read scales involving g and kg. Generate lots of different readings. This resource works well on tablets and interactive whiteboards.

Clock Splat

Match simple analogue times with digital equivalents. There are three levels of difficulty: hours, half hours and quarter hours.

Classroom Timer

A useful classroom timer which is configurable to countdown in either seconds or minutes.

Match the Times

A flexible matching pairs game which can help you to tell the time.

Temperature

Learn to read a thermometer. Useful for getting to grips with reading lots of different scales. Also work out the difference in temperature between two thermometers.