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Math Grade 2-3

Math: Measuring Length

Using standard units to measure and compare objects

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Using standard units to measure and compare objects

Math - Grade 2-3

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Measure or solve each one. Show your work in the space provided.
  1. 1
    A crayon and a longer pencil lined up on an unnumbered measuring strip.

    A crayon is 4 inches long. A pencil is 7 inches long. How many inches longer is the pencil than the crayon?

  2. 2
    A ribbon next to an unnumbered foot-length measuring board.

    A ribbon is 12 inches long. How many feet is that?

  3. 3
    A table and a longer bookshelf compared side by side.

    A table is 3 feet long. A bookshelf is 5 feet long. Which object is longer?

  4. 4
    A bug crawling along a path made of two distance segments.

    A bug crawls 6 centimeters. Then it crawls 2 more centimeters. How far did it crawl in all?

  5. 5
    Two ropes of different lengths lined up for comparison.

    A rope is 9 meters long. Another rope is 4 meters long. How many meters longer is the first rope?

  6. 6
    Two strips of different lengths compared on an unnumbered ruler.

    Which is longer: 10 centimeters or 8 centimeters?

  7. 7
    A notebook and a shorter folder compared side by side.

    A notebook is 11 inches long. A folder is 9 inches long. Which one is shorter?

  8. 8
    Two rugs placed end to end to show their total length.

    A room rug is 2 meters long. Another rug is 7 meters long. How many meters long are the two rugs together?

  9. 9
    A stick cut into two pieces on an unnumbered measuring strip.

    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. 10
    A sneaker shown with different measuring tools.

    Circle the best unit to measure the length of a shoe: inches, feet, or meters.

  11. 11
    A classroom with a long measuring tape across the floor.

    Circle the best unit to measure the length of a classroom: centimeters, meters, or inches.

  12. 12
    Two toy cars of equal length lined up together.

    A toy car is 5 inches long. Another toy car is 5 inches long. Compare their lengths.

  13. 13
    A scarf with an outlined extra section showing how much longer it needs to be.

    A scarf is 14 inches long. How many more inches does it need to be 18 inches long?

  14. 14
    A plant shown growing from a shorter height to a taller height.

    A plant grows from 8 centimeters tall to 13 centimeters tall. How much did it grow?

  15. 15
    A board shown equal in length to a divided foot measuring bar.

    A board is 1 foot long. How many inches long is it?

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