Length Year 5

Match the objects with the appropriate unit of measure.

• km (kilometres)

• road

• mm (millimetres)

• tree

• cm (centimetres)

• book

• m (metres)

• grain of rice

The highway was 12 long.

I use a ruler to measure the length of the table.

The tip of a pencil was 1 wide.

I measure the length of a leaf using .

Draw an object that you could measure in metres. Try to think of an object that hasn’t already been mentioned.

Draw an object that you could measure in centimetres. Try to think of an object that hasn’t already been mentioned.

Draw an object that you could measure in millimetres. Try to think of an object that hasn’t already been mentioned.

Draw an object that you could measure in kilometres. Try to think of an object that hasn’t already been mentioned.

What would be the appropriate unit to measure a car? (a)  

• metres
• centimetres
• kilometres
• millimetres