Measure and Compare Lengths (cm)

Kate is holding a marker that is 11 centimeters long. A paperclip is 3 centimeters long. How much longer is the marker than the paperclip?

• 11 cm

• 10 cm

• 9 cm

• 8 cm

Irene has a ribbon that is 20 centimeters long. She cuts off 13 centimeters. What is the length of the ribbon now?

• 6 cm

• 7 cm

• 8 cm

• 9 cm

Dallin has 5 metal race cars. Each car is 5 centimeters long. Dallin puts them in a straight line from end to end. How long is the line of cars?

• 35 cm

• 25 cm

• 20 cm

• 15 cm

Shawn and Zipeng are standing back to back. Zipeng is 121 centimeters tall. Shawn is 124 centimeters tall. How much taller is Shawn than Zipeng?

• 4 cm

• 5 cm

• 3 cm

• 2 cm

Ava and Cara are making necklaces out of spaghetti. Cara has 17 cm of spaghetti. Ava has 24 cm of spaghetti. How much spaghetti do they have all together?

• 31 cm

• 41 cm

• 51 cm

• 21 cm

Leah is measuring the width of a stall for a pony. Which measurement is a reasonable length for a pony stall?

• 5 meters

• 5 centimeters

• 55 centimeters

• 55 meters

Alison wants to measure the length of a bookcase for her bedroom. She knows that her doll is 47 cm tall. If three dolls can lay on the bookcase, how many cm long is the bookcase?

• 188 cm or about 2 meters

• 108 cm or about 1 meter

• 288 cm or about 3 meters

• 408 cm or about 4 meters

Janu uses centimeter cubes to measure her window. She says that her window is 97 cubes long. About how many meters long is her window?

• 97 cm

• 100 m

• 1 m

• 97 m

Ethan wants to measure a real life firetruck. Choose all of the sentences that are true about the firetruck.

• The firetruck is more than 100 cm long.

• The firetruck is less than 1 meter long.

• The firetruck is less than 100 meters long.

• The firetruck is more than 100 meters long.

Liam says that his dog is about 77 centimeters long from nose to tail. Is Liam's measurement reasonable?

• Yes, a dog could be 77 centimeters long.

• No, a dog would be 77 meters long.