Comparing Measurements

Line A is 16 cm long. Line B is 9 cm long. How much longer is Line A than Line B?

Line A is 5 cm long. Line B is 9 cm long. How much shorter is Line A than Line B?

The blue pen is 13 cm long. The red pen is 8 cm long. How much longer is the blue pen than the red pen?

The door is 3 meters tall. The stairs are 6 meters tall. How much taller the stairs than the door?

The purple box is 15 cm tall. The green box is 8 cm tall. How much shorter is the green box than the purple box?

One twizzler was 19 inches long. The other twizzler was 53 inches long. How much longer is one twizzler than the other?

A pencil is 17 cm. long. A glue stick is 9 cm. long. How much longer is the pencil than the glue stick?

Jan's tower is 37 cm. tall. Ruby's tower is 45 cm. tall. How much taller is Ruby's tower?

One piece of yarn is 27 cm. long. The other piece of yarn is 21 cm. long. How much longer is one piece of yarn than the other.

The yellow crayon is 7 inches long. The blue crayon is 15 inches long. Choose 2 correct answers.

• The yellow crayon is 8 inches longer than the blue crayon.

• The yellow crayon is 8 inches shorter than the blue crayon.

• The blue crayon is 8 inches longer than the yellow crayon.

• The blue crayon is 8 inches shorter than the yellow crayon.