Worksheet: Lina’s Family (Measurement) - 3 | Worksheets with solutions for Class 1 PDF Download

Q1: What would you choose, handspan or fingers to find the length of these objects?

(i) Crayons

(ii) Chair

(iii) Book

(iv) Backpack

(v) Pencil sharpener

(vi) Door

(vii) Glue stick

(viii) Bat

(ix) Water bottle

(x) Ruler

Q2: Read and answer each question.

(i) It’s arts and craft time for Jacob and his little brother Sean.
(a) Jacob’s scissors are 7 inches long. Sean’s scissors are 2 inches shorter than Jacob’s. How long are Sean’s scissors?
(b) Their mother gives the boys two pieces of strings to use. Sean’s string is 8 inches long and Jacob’s is 5 inches long. What is the total length of their strings?

(ii) Ashley is helping her sister, Emily, to do her hair. Ashley has three pieces of ribbon: a 15-inch long red ribbon, an 8-inch long yellow ribbon and a 12-inch long purple ribbon.
(a) Which piece of ribbon is the shortest?
(b) Compared to the red one, how much shorter is the yellow one?

(iii) William is picking a bookshelf for his room. There is a brown shelf that is 15 inches tall, a white shelf that is 12 inches tall and a black shelf that is 20 inches tall.
(a) Which shelf is the tallest?
(b) If he stacks the brown shelf on top of the white shelf, how tall will the shelves be?

(iv) Emma has three rulers: a white one that is 15 cm long, a yellow one that is 25 cm long and a brown one that is 10 cm long.
(a) Which ruler is the shortest?
(b) Compared to the shortest ruler, how much longer is the longest ruler?

(v) William has three stacks of cards. The stack of white cards is 20 cm thick. The stack of black cardstocks is 24 cm thick. The stack of brown cardstocks is 12 cm thick.
(a) Which stack of cards is the thinnest?
(b) Compared to the white cards, how much thicker is the stack of black cards?

(vi) Sean has a box of building blocks. The blue blocks are 3 cm tall. The red blocks are 6 cm tall and the yellow blocks are 2 cm tall.
(a) Which kinds of blocks are the tallest?
(b) Compared to a yellow block, how much taller is a red block?
(c) If a blue block is stacked on top of a red block, how tall are the two blocks?

Q3: Answer the following Questions.

(i) Use a penny to measure each picture below.
Length: ______ pennies

(ii) Measure the following objects using the ruler provided
Length: __________ inches

(iii) Measure the following objects using the ruler provided.
Length: __________ centimeters

(iv) Using the ruler, measure the following crayons and circle the longest crayon.
__________ inches
__________ inches
__________ inches
__________ inches
__________ inches
__________ inches

(v) Using the ruler, measure the following trains and circle the longest train.
_____ centimeters
_____ centimeters
_____ centimeters
_____ centimeters
_____ centimeters

(vi) Measure the following objects and circle the longer object.
Length: __________ inches
Length: __________ inches

(vii) Measure the following objects and circle the shorter object.
Length: __________ centimeters
Length: __________ centimeters

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