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Celeste International School

Grade 1 · Worksheet

Measures

Length

Name: ______________________________Date: ______________Score: ______ / 20
  1. 1.

    A pencil is 12 cm long. A crayon is 8 cm long. Which one is longer?

    1. Athe pencil
    2. Bthe crayon
  2. 2.

    Which unit is best for measuring the length of your pencil?

    1. Ametres
    2. Bcentimetres
  3. 3.

    Which unit is best for measuring the height of a door?

    1. Ametres
    2. Bcentimetres
  4. 4.

    How many centimetres are there in 1 metre?

    cm
  5. 5.

    A rope is 24 m long. 14 m is cut off. How many metres are left?

    m
  6. 6.

    A metre is longer than a centimetre.

    True False
  7. 7.

    On a ruler where the 0 mark is not at the very edge, where do you start measuring from?

    1. Afrom the edge
    2. Bfrom the middle
    3. Cfrom 0
  8. 8.

    One ladder is 6 m and another is 8 m. Joined together, how tall are they?

    m
  9. 9.

    Find the difference between 20 cm and 12 cm.

    cm
  10. 10.

    The distance along the longest side of an object is called its...

    1. Alength
    2. Bwidth
    3. Cheight
  11. 11.

    When we measure how tall or high something is, we are finding its...

    1. Awidth
    2. Bheight
    3. Clength
  12. 12.

    A blue bar starts at 0 and ends at 7 on the ruler. How long is it?

    cm
  13. 13.

    A bar starts at 2 cm and ends at 9 cm on the ruler. How long is it?

    cm
  14. 14.

    Put these lengths in order from shortest to longest.

    Write the order (shortest first) in the boxes:

    • ?10 cm
    • ?3 cm
    • ?6 cm
  15. 15.

    A snake is 30 cm long. A worm is 9 cm long. Which one is shorter?

    1. Athe snake
    2. Bthe worm
  16. 16.

    1 metre is the same as 100 centimetres.

    True False
  17. 17.

    Two ladders, 11 m and 20 m, are joined together. How tall are they altogether?

    m
  18. 18.

    A pencil is 15 cm long. A shorter pencil is 5 cm shorter. How long is the shorter pencil?

    cm
  19. 19.

    You guess a table is 30 hand-widths wide, then you measure it. What does 'estimate' mean?

    1. Athe exact measurement
    2. Ba sensible guess before measuring
  20. 20.

    Centimetres are the best unit for measuring a very long distance like a playground.

    True False
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Answer key

Measures — Length

  1. 1.A. the pencil
  2. 2.B. centimetres
  3. 3.A. metres
  4. 4.100 cm
  5. 5.10 m
  6. 6.True
  7. 7.C. from 0
  8. 8.14 m
  9. 9.8 cm
  10. 10.A. length
  11. 11.B. height
  12. 12.7 cm
  13. 13.7 cm
  14. 14.3 cm, 6 cm, 10 cm
  15. 15.B. the worm
  16. 16.True
  17. 17.31 m
  18. 18.10 cm
  19. 19.B. a sensible guess before measuring
  20. 20.False