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Y2 Measuring

Mrs Cheema

Good morning Year 2,
As part of our new Maths unit this term, we will be learning all about measuring.

We will learn more about measuring on Monday.

Measuring involves many things, such as height, length and weight.

What sort of things can we measure?
We can measure time, length, weight and height. For example, you could measure your height in cm. You can measure time in intervals such as seconds, minutes and hours and you can measure weight in kilograms and grams.

When measuring, we sometimes look at items of length, to see which are shorter and which are taller. Length is usually measured sideways and heigh is measured upwards. You might measure how tall you are, or how long a rule or pencil is.

Here are some key words to use when measuring:

Have a go at home using a ruler to measure the length of some objects in cm. Which object is the tallest, and which is the shortest?

Or instead you can look at the items measured below and compare the lengths.

The water bottle is 12 base 10 blocks tall and the tin can is 10 base 10 blocks tall. Which is taller?

The ruler is 7 paperclips long and the iPad is 6 paperclips long. Which is longer?

The lollipop is 10 base 10 blocks tall and the mug is 10 base 10 blocks tall. Which is taller?

The glue stick is 7 base 10 blocks tall, the mug is 6 base 10 blocks tall and the jar is 8 base 10 blocks tall. Which is the tallest and which is the shortest?

Challenge: Can you find the difference between the tallest and shortest object?

11 responses to “Y2 Measuring”

  1. Waniya Z.

    The Water bottle is large 12cm
    The Tin is small 10cm
    The ruler is longer 7cm
    The iPads is short 6cm
    The lollipop and rainbow cup is equal both is 10 cm
    The jar is tallest 8cm
    The mug is shortest 6cm

  2. Adam A.

    The mug is 6 cm and the glue stick is 8 cm And the jug is 8 cm The lollipop is 10 cm The rainbow cup is 10 cm The ruler is 7 cm The iPad is 5 cm shortish

  3. Muhammed I.

    Water bottle: 12cm
    The tin can is 10 cm
    ruler 7cm
    iPad 5cm
    Lollipop 10cm
    Mug 10cm
    Lollipop and mug are equal and same as

  4. Muhammed I.

    The water bottle was 12cm
    The tin can is 10cm

  5. Sara H.

    the bottle is 12 blocks tall,
    the can is 10 blocks tall,
    the bottle is taller.
    the ruler is 7 paperclips long,
    the ipad is 5 paperclips long,
    the ruler is longer.
    the lollipop is 10 blocks tall,
    the cup is 10 blocks tall,
    the lollipop and cup and equal in height.
    the gluestick is 7 blocks tall,
    the cup is 6 blocks tall,
    the jar is 8 blocks tall,
    the jar is tallest, the cup is shortest.

  6. Warizah I.

    The lollipop and mug both are equal

    1. Warizah I.

      The jar is tallest and the glue stick is shortest

      1. Warizah I.

        The jar is tallest and the mug is shortest

  7. Warizah I.

    The water bottle is taller

  8. Iqra F.

    The water bottle is 12 base 10 blocks tall and the tin can is 10 base 10 blocks tall. Which is taller?
    The water bottle is tallest because it has 2 more blocks.
    The ruler is 7 paperclips long and the iPad is 6 paperclips long. Which is longer?
    The ruler is the longest because it has 1 more paperclip.
    The lollipop is 10 base 10 blocks tall and the mug is 10 base 10 blocks tall. Which is taller?
    The lollipop and the mug are both equal because they are 10 blocks tall.
    The glue stick is 7 base 10 blocks tall, the mug is 6 base 10 blocks tall and the jar is 8 base 10 blocks tall. Which is the tallest and which is the shortest?
    The jar is the tallest because it is 8 base and the mug is shortest because it is 6 base but they all have 10 blocks.
    Challenge: Can you find the difference between the tallest and shortest object?
    My mum’s mobile phone is 16cm long then my baby brother mobile toy phone is 12cm short and the difference between them is my mum phone is 4cm longest then my brother toy phone.

  9. Zakariyah A.

    The bottle and can are equal because they are both 10 blocks tall. But the base is not the same.

    The ruler is longer because it is 7 paper clips long and the iPad is 6 paper clips long.

    The mug and the lollipop are both equal because they are both 10 blocks tall.

    The mug the glue and the jar are all 10 blocks tall but the mug has the smallest base.

    I did my own measurements. My cup is 10cm tall and my candle is 7cm tall. The height of the cup is taller then the candle. The difference between them is 3cm.

    I am 117cm tall. My weight is 23 kilograms

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