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of Length
Lesson 1 Measuring in Meters
Look at the pictures.
Fill in the blanks with more or less.

1. meterstick

The length of the stick is than 1 meter.

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2.

meterstick

The height of the window is than 1 meter.

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3. meterstick

The length of the fence is than 1 meter.

4.

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meterstick

The height of the lamp is than 1 meter.

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Look at the list below.

Check (✔) the columns that are true.
You will need a meterstick or a 1-meter string to measure
some objects.

5. More
than
More More
Less than 1 meter
Object than than
1 meter but less
1 meter 2 meters
than 2
meters
a.

a bus
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b.

a fan
c.

a keyboard
d.

a sofa

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Circle the objects that are about 1 meter long.

6.

a see-saw

a television set

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7.

a bed

a monitor

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Lesson 2 Comparing Lengths in Meters

Fill in the blanks.

1. Look at the two strings of beads.

3m 2m
String A String B

a. Which string of beads is longer? String

b. How much longer is it? m

2. Look at the two penguins.

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4m 2m
Penguin A Penguin B

a. Which penguin is taller? Penguin

b. How much taller is it? m

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Fill in the blanks.

3. Look at the sides of the door.

4m
Side A

2m
Side B

a. Which is shorter, Side A or Side B? Side

b. How much shorter is it? m

4. Look at the trees.

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4m 7m 10 m
Tree A Tree B Tree C

a. Which tree is the tallest? Tree

b. Which tree is the shortest? Tree
c. Tree A is meters shorter than Tree B.
d. Tree C is meters taller than Tree A.
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Lesson 3 Measuring in Centimeters

Use your centimeter ruler to draw.

1. a line that is 4 centimeters long

2. a line that is 2 centimeters longer than the line in Exercise 1

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Use a centimeter ruler to find the length of the drawings.

3.
Drawing A

4.
Drawing B

5.
Drawing C

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Fill in the missing numbers.

6.
comb

The eraser is about centimeters long.

The toy comb is about centimeters long.

7.

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The paperclip is about centimeter long.

The comb is about centimeters long.

These rulers are smaller

than in real life.

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Lesson 4 Comparing Lengths

in Centimeters
Fill in the blanks.

1. Line A

Line B

Line C

Line is the longest.

Line is the shortest.

Line is longer than Line ,

but shorter than Line .

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Measure the lengths of the pencils.

Use a centimeter ruler.
Then fill in the blanks.

2. Pencil A cm

Pencil B cm

Pencil C cm

Pencil D cm

3. Pencil D is centimeters longer than Pencil A.

4. Pencil B is centimeters shorter than Pencil C.

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Fill in the missing numbers.

pencil

spoon
This ruler is smaller
than in real life.
computer mouse

5. The pencil is about centimeters long.

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6. The computer mouse is about centimeters long.

7. The spoon is about centimeters long.

Use your answers in Exercises 5 to 7.

Fill in the blanks with longer or shorter.

8. The pencil is than the computer mouse.

9. The spoon is than the pencil.

10. The computer mouse is than the spoon.

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Lesson 5 Real-World Problems:

Metric Length
Solve.

1. Timothy has 24 meters of ribbon.

He cuts it into 2 pieces.
The shorter piece is 6 meters long.
What is the length of the longer piece?
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The length of the longer piece is meters.

2. Mrs. Hall has two closets.

One of them is 90 centimeters wide.
The other closet is 121 centimeters wide.
They are placed side by side.
What is the total width of the two closets?

The total width of the two closets is centimeters.

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3. Mrs. Feliciano has 10 meters of cloth.

She uses 3 meters of cloth to sew a tablecloth.
She uses the rest of the cloth to sew some curtains.
What is the length of cloth Mrs. Feliciano uses
to sew curtains?

Mrs. Feliciano uses meters of cloth to sew curtains.

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4. Keenan has 30 centimeters of lace.
He cuts it into two pieces.
The length of the first piece is 12 centimeters.
How much shorter is the first piece than the second piece?

The first piece is centimeters shorter than the

second piece.
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5. Minnie is 139 centimeters tall.

Stuart is 15 centimeters taller than Minnie.
How tall is Stuart?

Stuart is centimeters tall.

6. The model railway track from Town A to Town B is

400 meters long.
The model railway track from Town B to Town C is
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129 meters long.

What is the length of the model railway track from Town A
to Town C?

The length of the model railway track from Town A to Town C

is meters.
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7. Julius has a string of lights that is 500 centimeters long.

He uses 45 centimeters to decorate the front door.
His sister uses 125 centimeters to decorate her room.
How long is the string of lights that Julius has left?

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The length of the string of lights that Julius has left is

centimeters.

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8. Sarah is 119 centimeters tall.

Bernice is 21 centimeters taller than Sarah.
Fiona is 11 centimeters shorter than Bernice.
How tall is Fiona?
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Fiona is centimeters tall.

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9. Zachary has a toy train that is 60 centimeters long.

His aunt buys him a new toy train that is 85 centimeters longer.

a. What is the length of the new toy train?

The length of the new toy train is centimeters.

b. What is the length of both the toy trains in all?

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The length of both the toy trains is centimeters in all.

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Put on Your Thinking Cap!

1. John has 4 sticks.
He orders them from longest to shortest.
Stick C is between Stick A and Stick D.
Stick C is longer than Stick A.
Stick A is longer than Stick B.

a. Which stick is the shortest?

Stick is the shortest.

b. Which stick is the longest?

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Stick is the longest.

2. Aiesha uses building blocks to make a train.

She has 10-centimeter and 20-centimeter building blocks.
The total length of the train is 50-centimeters.
How many 10-centimeter and 20-centimeter building blocks
did Aiesha use?
Show all possible answers.

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Use the clues and pictures to help you complete the table.

3. Azura strings beads together to form bracelets.

Each bracelet is a different color.
What is the color of each bracelet?
How many beads are used to string each bracelet?

CLUES
Azura uses 32 red beads.
She uses 9 fewer yellow beads than red beads.
She uses 2 more green beads than yellow beads.
She uses 3 more blue beads than red beads.

Bracelet A
Bracelet B

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Bracelet C
Bracelet D

Bracelet Color Number of beads used

Bracelet A
Bracelet B
Bracelet C
Bracelet D

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