Grade 4 measurement test
A free Grade 4 measurement test online, with answers. It draws questions from 7 topics and the numbers change every time, so you can take it again and again. Choose 10, 25 or 50 questions.
What the Grade 4 measurement test covers
Grade 4 measures length in mm, cm, m and km, capacity in ml and litres, mass in g and kg, reads time in 12-hour and 24-hour format, and finds perimeter and area by counting squares.
- Time: analogue, digital and elapsed
- Length and conversion
- Mass and conversion
- Capacity and volume
- Perimeter
- Area
- Reading the measuring jug
When it is taught — Term 4
In the Department of Basic Education’s teaching plan, Grade 4 measurement is taught in Term 4. It is tested in the Grade 4 maths Term 4 final exam.
Sample Grade 4 measurement questions
Five questions of the kind the test asks. In the test itself every answer is marked straight away, with the working shown.
1. How many days is 7 weeks?
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Answer: 49
One week is 7 days, so 7 × 7 = 49 days.
2. How many millimetres is 4 cm?
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Answer: 40
1 cm = 10 mm, so 4 × 10 = 40 mm.
3. A bag of flour weighs 5 kg. 2 500 g is used. How much is left?
- 7 500 g
- 2 500 g
- −2 000 g
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Answer: 2 500 g
5 kg = 5 000 g. Then 5 000 − 2 500 = 2 500 g.
4. 7 cups each hold 300 mℓ of water. How much water is that altogether?
- 21 000 mℓ
- 2 100 mℓ
- 307 mℓ
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Answer: 2 100 mℓ
7 × 300 mℓ = 2 100 mℓ, which is 2,1 ℓ.
5. A square has sides of 4 cm. What is its perimeter?
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Answer: 16
A square has four equal sides: 4 × 4 = 16 cm.
Common mistakes in Grade 4 measurement
Mixing up perimeter and area, converting 1,5 m to 15 cm instead of 150 cm, and misreading the minute hand on an analogue clock.
Questions about the Grade 4 measurement test
What does the Grade 4 measurement test cover?
It covers 7 CAPS topics: Time: analogue, digital and elapsed, Length and conversion, Mass and conversion, Capacity and volume, Perimeter, Area, Reading the measuring jug. Grade 4 measures length in mm, cm, m and km, capacity in ml and litres, mass in g and kg, reads time in 12-hour and 24-hour format, and finds perimeter and area by counting squares.
When is Grade 4 measurement taught?
In the Department of Basic Education’s teaching plan, Grade 4 measurement is taught in Term 4. It is tested in the Grade 4 maths Term 4 final exam.
Where can my child practise Grade 4 measurement for free?
On MathTests.co.za: the free Grade 4 measurement test draws questions from these topics with fresh numbers every time, and shows the working after every answer. No sign-up.