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Grade 3 Math — How heavy, and how much it holds

Compare how heavy things are, and work out how much a container holds.

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Before you start

Two parcels sit on one side of this balance and one on the other, with spare weights below. Try to bring the beam level.

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More than one arrangement levels it, and the number of parcels in each pan is never what settles it — only the totals are.

  1. 1.A melon weighs 4 lb and an apple weighs 1. How much heavier is the melon?

  2. 2.One jug holds 2 pt. How much do 5 jugs hold?

  3. 3.Match each parcel to what it weighs after 2 lb more is added.

    • 3 lb
    • 6 lb
    • 10 lb
    • 1 lb
    • 12
    • 8
    • 3
    • 5

  4. 4.A bag weighs 3 lb. What do 4 bags weigh?

  5. 5.Put these in order, lightest first.

    • A car
    • An apple
    • A school bag
    • A pin

  6. 6.Two tins weigh 5 lb each. What do they weigh together?

  7. 7.Which of these is the heaviest?

    • a) A feather
    • b) A leaf
    • c) A pin
    • d) A brick

  8. 8.A jug is marked in pt. Tap the mark for 8.

    Mark the line with an X.

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Answer key — Grade 3 Math — How heavy, and how much it holds

  1. 1. 3
  2. 2. 10
  3. 3. 3 lb → 5; 6 lb → 8; 10 lb → 12; 1 lb → 3
  4. 4. 12
  5. 5. 1. A pin 2. An apple 3. A school bag 4. A car
  6. 6. 10
  7. 7. d) A brick
  8. 8. 8