Length Measurement: Fun Challenges in Comparing Sizes

Lily has a ribbon that is 3 meters long. She cuts off a piece that is 1 meter long. How long is the remaining ribbon?

• 1 meter

• 3 meters

• 2 meters

• 4 meters

Tom has a toy car that is 15 centimeters long and a toy truck that is 20 centimeters long. How much longer is the toy truck than the toy car?

• 10 centimeters

• 3 centimeters

• 7 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

A pencil is 7 inches long, and an eraser is 4 inches long. What is the total length of the pencil and the eraser combined?

• 10 inches

• 11 inches

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

Sarah measured her book, and it is 25 centimeters long. If she has another book that is 30 centimeters long, how much longer is the second book?

• 15 centimeters

• 10 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

A garden is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide. What is the total length of the garden's perimeter?

• 15 feet

• 40 feet

• 25 feet

• 30 feet

Jack has a string that is 50 centimeters long. He uses 20 centimeters of it for a project. How much string does he have left?

• 10 centimeters

• 20 centimeters

• 30 centimeters

• 40 centimeters

A piece of wood is 1.2 meters long. If you cut it into two equal pieces, how long will each piece be?

• 0.4 meters

• 0.6 meters

• 0.3 meters

• 1.2 meters

Emma has a scarf that is 150 centimeters long. She wants to fold it in half. How long will the folded scarf be?

• 100 centimeters

• 150 centimeters

• 50 centimeters

• 75 centimeters

A classroom is 8 meters long and 6 meters wide. What is the total length of the walls if you add the lengths of all four walls together?

• 32 meters

• 30 meters

• 24 meters

• 28 meters

Ben has two pieces of paper. One is 12 inches long, and the other is 9 inches long. How much longer is the first piece of paper than the second?

• 4 inches

• 3 inches

• 2 inches

• 5 inches