2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheet (PDF)
This length practice worksheet for 2nd Grade covers measuring length (Common Core 2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3, 2.MD.A.4, 2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.B.6), with a free PDF to print.
These 20 problems practice measuring length for Grade 2, standards 2.MD.A.1 to 2.MD.A.4 and 2.MD.B.5 to 2.MD.B.6. Students read inch and centimeter rulers, choose tools and units, and estimate.
Later problems compare lengths and use addition, subtraction, bar models, and number line diagrams. The last six problems are word problems.
Grade 2 · Common Core State Standards: 2.MD.A.1, 2.MD.A.2, 2.MD.A.3, 2.MD.A.4, 2.MD.B.5, 2.MD.B.6
Length practice worksheet: exercises 1 to 10
Exercise 1 – Pick the unit
Exercise 2 – Pick the tool
Exercise 3 – Read the ruler
Find the length of the chalk in inches.
Exercise 4 – Centimeter ribbon
Find the length of the ribbon in centimeters.
Exercise 5 – Not at zero
Find the length of the leaf in inches.
Exercise 6 – Estimate a row
Exercise 7 – Smaller unit
Exercise 8 – Pencil and crayon
Find how much longer the pencil is than the crayon.
Exercise 9 – Two ropes
Exercise 10 – Which is longer
Find the difference between the two lengths.
Exercises 11 and up
Exercise 11 – Bug jumps
A grasshopper makes the two jumps shown. Find the total length of its jumps in inches.
Exercise 12 – Sidewalk
Exercise 13 – Cut a board
Exercise 14 – Three pieces of yarn
Exercise 15 – Ribbon cut back
A ribbon is 30 inches long. Sofia cuts off 13 inches in the two steps shown. Find the length that is left.
Exercise 16 – Order lengths
Exercise 17 – Long jump
Exercise 18 – How much was cut
Exercise 19 – Trail model
A trail is 56 meters long. The first part is 28 meters long, as the bar model shows. Find the length of the second part.
Exercise 20 – Rope for the park
Key facts behind this length practice worksheet
- Start at the 0 mark, keep the object straight, and read the number at the other end.
- A smaller unit gives a larger number: the same strip is 2 feet or 24 inches.
- Always write the unit, such as 5 in, 12 cm, or 21 ft.
- Subtract two lengths to find how much longer one object is.
- On a number line diagram, a jump right adds and a jump left subtracts.
How to use this length practice worksheet
Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.
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All Grade 2 chapters: Grade 2 math.
