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Measuring Length and Height: Shorter or Longer than 1 Metre?

In this activity, students decide whether an object is shorter than, longer than or roughly the same length as 1 metre.

'Measuring Length and Height: Shorter or Longer than 1 Metre?' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 1

Year:  Year 1 Maths worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Measurement

Curriculum subtopic:   Solve Measurement Problems

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

In this activity, we will be deciding whether an object is shorter thanlonger than or roughly the same length as 1 metre by making a sensible estimate. 

 

 

 

This is a picture of a 1 metre counting stick. It is roughly the same length as 1 metre.

 

A car is more than 1 metre long.

 

 


 

A hamster is less than 1 metre tall.

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