Measures and time · Ages 6–7
Length and centimetres worksheet
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Length and centimetres worksheet
Measures and time · Ages 6–7
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Write each answer in the space. For word problems, show your working and write a sentence answer.
Part A: Working out and filling in (2 marks each)
1.Each mark on the road is one step. How many steps apart are the 🐵 and the 🚌?
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2.How many 🧊 long is the strip?
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3.Measured with 📎: strip A is 10 long and strip B is 7. How many 📎 longer is A than B?
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4.A 🍪 is about 2 cm long. A bookmark is about as long as 3 of them. About how many centimetres long is the bookmark?
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Part B: Choose, or true or false (2 marks each)
5.Going along the road, which thing is nearest to the 🏠?
- A. ⚽
- B. 🍌
- C. All equally near
- D. 🐶
Choose the right answer
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6.The two ribbons aren't lined up. A is longer than B.
True or false?
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7.To compare pencils A and B, which way of laying them out shows it at a glance?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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8.Measured in paper clips: strip A is 10 clips long and strip B is 11. Which is longer?
- A. B
- B. A
- C. The same
- D. Can't tell
Choose the right answer
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9.Which picture measures the strip with 📎 the right way?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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10.Which of these is about 4 cm long?
- A. A pencil
- B. A long ruler
- C. An eraser
- D. The width of a fingernail
Choose the right answer
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11.The strip is 4 cm long.
True or false?
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12.Which strip is 10 cm long?
- A
- B
- C
- D
Choose the right picture
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Part C: Word problems (4 marks each)
13.Chi-keung's string is 6 squares long, 4 squares longer than Ming's. How long is Ming's string?
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14.A red and a blue pencil are lined up at one end, and the red one sticks out 6 squares further at the other. The blue one is 7 squares long. How long is the red one?
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15.Ka-yan measures in hand spans: the desk is 9 spans and the chair 8. How many spans longer is the desk than the chair?
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16.Ka-yee's pencil is 9 paper clips long and the ruler is 12. Laid end to end in a line, how many paper clips long are they together?
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17.Tsz-ching joins a ribbon 23 cm long end to end with one 21 cm long. How long are they together?
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18.Tsz-hin's pencil is 18 cm long and Ka-yan's is 14 cm. How much longer is Tsz-hin's pencil?
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Length and centimetres worksheet: Answers and working
Part A: Working out and filling in
1. 6 steps
First find which step the 🐵 and the 🚌 are each on, then count from one to the other.
Count from one to the other: the 🐵 is at step 2, the 🚌 at step 8, so they are 6 steps apart.
2. 10
The 🧊 are laid end to end under the strip. Count them from one end to the other.
The 🧊 lie end to end under the strip; count them: 10.
3. 3
Both are measured in 📎, so compare directly: how many more does A have? Take the smaller from the bigger.
10 − 7 = 3.
4. 6 cm
Each 🍪 is about 2 cm, and the bookmark is 3 of them. Count in 2s, 3 times.
Count in 2s, 3 times: about 6 cm.
Part B: Choose, or true or false
5. B. 🍌
Start at the 🏠 and walk along the road: which thing do you reach first?
Walking from the 🏠 along the road, the first one you reach is nearest.
6. False
They aren't lined up, so don't just look at the right ends. Count how many squares each one covers.
When they aren't lined up, don't just look at the right ends; count the squares: A has 7, B has 9.
7. B
To compare lengths, one end must be lined up first. In which picture are the pencils level at one end?
With one end lined up, the other end shows which is longer.
8. A. B
Both were measured in paper clips. What does it tell you if one takes more clips?
Measured with the same thing, the one that takes more is longer.
9. C
Measuring properly means starting at one end, touching end to end, with no gaps and no overlaps.
From one end of the strip, touching, with no gaps and no overlaps.
10. C. An eraser
Think how long 1 cm and 15 cm roughly are, then compare each thing with that.
Remember a few lengths: a fingernail is about 1 cm wide, an eraser about 4 cm, a pencil about 15 cm, a long ruler about 30 cm.
11. True
The strip's left end is at 3, not 0. Read both ends, then take one from the other.
The strip runs from 3 to 7, not from 0: 7 − 3 = 4 cm.
12. B
Check each strip: does it start at 0? If not, take the left end's number from the right end's.
For each, take the left end's number from the right end's: the one that comes to 10 is the answer.
Part C: Word problems
Marking: 2 for the working, 1 for the answer, 1 for the sentence.
13. 2 squares
Chi-keung's string is longer than Ming's, so Ming's is shorter. Do you add or subtract?
Ming's is the shorter one: 6 − 4 = 2.
14. 13 squares
With one end level, the red one sticks out further by 6. So the red one is the blue length plus what?
The blue 7 squares plus the 6 extra: 7 + 6 = 13.
15. 1 span
Both were measured with the same hand, so compare directly. How many more spans is the desk?
Measured with the same hand, just subtract: 9 − 8 = 1.
16. 21 paper clips
Laid end to end in a line, do you add the two lengths or subtract?
End to end, the lengths add up: 9 + 12 = 21.
17. 44 cm
Joined end to end, the two ribbons' lengths add together.
End to end, the lengths add: 23 + 21 = 44 cm.
18. 4 cm
“How much longer” is comparing: take the shorter from the longer, 18 − 14.
18 − 14 = 4 cm.
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