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Length Exploration Worksheet

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Length Exploration Worksheet

Help plan a trail for a garden minibeast. Compare lengths, choose suitable units and solve each measuring challenge. Use the visual rulers where shown.

Compare and order

The leaf is 4 cm long, the twig is 7 cm long, and the garden cane is 15 cm long.

1.Which object is the longest: the leaf, the twig or the garden cane?
2.Put the leaf, twig and garden cane in order from shortest to longest.
3.A paper clip is about 3 centimetres long. Is a 2-centimetre beetle shorter or longer than the paper clip?
  • Shorter
  • Longer
  • The same length

Measure the trail

Centimetres are useful for measuring small objects. Metres are useful for longer distances.

4.A ruler shows centimetres from 0 to 10. A snail's trail starts at 0 cm and ends at 7 cm. How long is the trail?
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5.A caterpillar is 4 cm long. A leaf is 9 cm long. How many centimetres longer is the leaf than the caterpillar?
6.Choose the best unit to measure the length of a garden path: centimetres or metres?
  • Centimetres
  • Metres
7.Idris measures a flower stem as 12 cm. She adds another 5 cm to the stem. What is its new length?

Plan a minibeast route

Use the lengths to decide whether the minibeast can reach its resting place.

8.A route has two straight parts: 8 cm across a leaf and 6 cm along a twig. What is the total route length?
9.The route is 14 cm long. A beetle has already crawled 9 cm. How many centimetres are left?
10.True or false? If you measure the same twig with identical paper clips, you should leave no gaps and not overlap the clips.
TrueFalse
11.Draw a minibeast trail that is longer than 5 cm but shorter than 9 cm. Label its length in centimetres.
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2 printable pages

  • Length Exploration Worksheet, page 1 of 2: Compare and order, Measure the trail

    Page 1

  • Length Exploration Worksheet, page 2 of 2: Plan a minibeast route

    Page 2

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