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Measuring Length in Metric

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Measuring Length in Metric

Year 3/4 Maths — Millimetres, Centimetres & Metres

Student measuring with a ruler

📏 Part 1: Measure It!

Use your ruler to measure each object. Record the length in centimetres (cm) and millimetres (mm).

Remember: Start at ZERO on your ruler. Line it up carefully! ✅

1. Find your pencil. Measure it carefully.

My estimate: _________ cm     My measurement: _________ cm _________ mm

2. Find a book. Measure the short side (width).

My estimate: _________ cm     My measurement: _________ cm _________ mm

3. Measure the long side of this worksheet page.

My estimate: _________ cm     My measurement: _________ cm _________ mm

4. Find one more object in the classroom to measure. Write what it is.

Object: _________________________

My estimate: _________ cm     My measurement: _________ cm _________ mm

🎯 Part 2: Guess & Check Challenge

Look at each question below. Make your best estimate first, then measure or check!

5. Which unit would you use to measure each item? Circle the best answer.

The height of a door:

millimetres (mm)

centimetres (cm)

metres (m)

The length of an ant:

millimetres (mm)

centimetres (cm)

metres (m)

The length of your hand span:

millimetres (mm)

centimetres (cm)

metres (m)

6. How many centimetres are in 1 metre?

10 cm

100 cm

1000 cm

7. How many millimetres are in 1 centimetre?

5 mm

100 mm

10 mm

✏️ Part 3: Draw & Reflect

Use your ruler to draw lines of the exact lengths shown below. Start each line at the dot. ●

8. Draw a line that is 6 cm long.
9. Draw a line that is 45 mm long.
10. Your teacher will give you a strip of centimetre grid paper. Use it to make your own measuring strip! Colour every second centimetre square a different colour to make it easy to read. Then answer this question:

What did you notice when you made your measuring strip? How is it like a ruler?

11. Reflection: What is one thing that helped you measure more accurately today?
12. Why do you think we use millimetres instead of just centimetres sometimes? Tick all the reasons you agree with.

Millimetres help us be more exact.

Some objects are very small and need a smaller unit.

Millimetres are easier to say.

Centimetres are sometimes too big to describe tiny lengths.

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