Grade 1 Measurement: How much longer? (non-standard units)
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What students practice: Non-standard-unit length differences relate to expressing length as a number of units.
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Grade 1 · Measurement
How Much Longer?
Set 1 · Grade 1 · Measurement
Example problems by difficulty
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Easy
A crayon is 8 blocks long. A spoon is 7 blocks long. How many blocks longer is the crayon?
Answer: 1 block
A crayon is 9 cubes long. A book is 5 cubes long. How many cubes longer is the crayon?
Answer: 4 cubes
Standard
An eraser is 12 paper clips long. A ribbon is 15 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the ribbon?
Answer: 3 paper clips
A leaf is 9 paper clips long. A stick is 19 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the stick?
Answer: 10 paper clips
Challenge
A stick is 9 paper clips long. A toy car is 11 paper clips long. A ribbon is 4 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the toy car than the ribbon?
Answer: 7 paper clips
A feather is 8 blocks long. A book is 17 blocks long. A spoon is 19 blocks long. How many blocks longer is the spoon than the feather?
Answer: 11 blocks
Where this skill fits
- Previous skill: Compare lengths (longer / shorter)
- All grades: Measurement worksheets, Grades 1–5
Related Common Core standards
- 1.MD.A.2 — Express length as a whole number of length units.
The match is approximate (a prerequisite, extension or different context), so treat this as related practice rather than coverage of the standard. Common Core–informed practice; not a claim of official alignment.