Practice measuring length with inches, feet, centimeters, and meters, and compare how long objects are.
Read each problem carefully. Measure or solve each one. Show your work in the space provided.
Using standard units to measure and compare objects
Math - Grade 2-3
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A crayon is 4 inches long. A pencil is 7 inches long. How many inches longer is the pencil than the crayon?
- 2
A ribbon is 12 inches long. How many feet is that?
- 3
A table is 3 feet long. A bookshelf is 5 feet long. Which object is longer?
- 4
A bug crawls 6 centimeters. Then it crawls 2 more centimeters. How far did it crawl in all?
- 5
A rope is 9 meters long. Another rope is 4 meters long. How many meters longer is the first rope?
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Which is longer: 10 centimeters or 8 centimeters?
- 7
A notebook is 11 inches long. A folder is 9 inches long. Which one is shorter?
- 8
A room rug is 2 meters long. Another rug is 7 meters long. How many meters long are the two rugs together?
- 9
A stick measures 15 centimeters. If it is cut into two pieces, one piece is 6 centimeters long. How long is the other piece?
- 10
Circle the best unit to measure the length of a shoe: inches, feet, or meters.
- 11
Circle the best unit to measure the length of a classroom: centimeters, meters, or inches.
- 12
A toy car is 5 inches long. Another toy car is 5 inches long. Compare their lengths.
- 13
A scarf is 14 inches long. How many more inches does it need to be 18 inches long?
- 14
A plant grows from 8 centimeters tall to 13 centimeters tall. How much did it grow?
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A board is 1 foot long. How many inches long is it?