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Focus

• define mass and examine some of its characteristics
• recognise that metric mass units are part of the International System of Units
• complete simple conversions between grams, kilograms and tonnes
• read and interpret masses on analog and digital scales
• choose appropriate scales to obtain accurate measures
• solve mass problems