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Worksheets
Year 4

Gozo College – Rabat Primary School

(Mr. George Curmi)

LENGTH

NAME: _______________________________

CLASS: _______________________________

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Length
You can measure how long things are, or how
tall, or how far apart they are from each other.
These are all examples of length measurements.

The most common units of measurement for

length are:

 millimetres (mm)
 centimetres (cm)
 metres (m)
 kilometres (km)
Small units of length are called millimetres (mm). A millimetre is about
the thickness of a credit card or about the thickness of 10 sheets of paper on
top of each other. This is a very small measurement!

When you have 10 millimetres, it can be called a centimetre (cm). A fingernail

is about one centimetre wide.

1 centimetre = 10 millimetres
You might use millimetres or centimetres to measure how tall you are or how
wide a table is, but you would not use them to measure the length of a football
field or the width of a road. In order to do that, you can switch to metres.

A metre is equal to 100 centimetres. The width of a doorway is about 1 metre.

Metres might be used to measure the length of a house or the size of a
playground.

1 metre = 100 centimetres

A kilometre is equal to 1000 metres. When you need to get from one place to
another, you measure the distance using kilometres. The distance from one
city to another or how far a plane travels would be measured using kilometres.

1 kilometre = 1000 metres

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Length
To measure length we use the units of measurement below:

metres centimetres millimetres kilometres

1. Write these measurements out in order of size, starting with the

smallest.

2. How would you write these units of measurements in short form?

metres

centimetres

millimetres

kilometres

3. Which unit of measurement would you use to measure;

a. the length of this worksheet?

b. the distance between Malta and Italy?

c. the thickness of this worksheet?

d. the size of the school yard?

e. the height of the classroom?

f. the size of a pencil-case?

g. the distance between Victoria and Mgarr?

h. the thickness of a €2 coin?

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Length

Colour the correct unit of measurement. Which

unit would work best for measuring:

1. the size of the hands of a clock? m cm

2. how tall a tree is? cm m
3. the length of string needed to fly a kite? km m
4. the length of a very long tunnel? cm km
5. the distance between two countries? cm km
6. the height of a house? km m
7. the thickness of a 48 pages copybook? cm mm
8. the height of your desk? mm cm
9. the width of a street? mm m
10. the size of a flagpole? mm m
11. the length of a bar of soap? cm m
12. the size of a snake? mm cm
13. the length of your thumb? cm m
14. the thickness of your fingernails? mm cm
15. the distance around the Earth? m km
16. the length of a rope to play tug-of-war? m mm
17. the length of your school bag? cm m
18. the length of the school hall? km m
19. the size of your shoe? km cm
20. how far you can kick a ball? m km

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Length
Choose the nearest length. Circle the correct answer.

The height of your

Your teacher The length of a car
bedroom

1m 2m 3m 2m 4m 10m 3m 8m 10m

The length of a football

A nine year old girl The length of a bed
ground

1m 50cm 5m 20m 50m 100m 1m 2m 5m

The length of a skipping

The size of your shoe The length of a keyboard
rope

30cm 2m 10m 20cm 5cm 40cm 1m ½m 10cm

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Centimetres
Estimate the length of these objects in centimetres. At home, find one of each
object and find their length to the nearest centimetre. Use a ruler to measure
them.
NEW PENCIL MACMILLAN BOOK
Estimate Estimate

Length Length

TEA SPOON
Estimate
Length

COFFEE MUG

LOYALTY CARD Estimate

Estimate Length

Length

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 DEFINITION
An estimate is a
rough answer,
without measuring.

TOOTH PASTE
Estimate
Length

MOBILE PHONE
Estimate
Length

BATTERY
Estimate
Length

TUNA CAN
Estimate
Length

PLAYING CARD
Estimate
Length

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Metres
1 km = 1000 m
Write the number of metres.
½ km = 500 m
¼ km = 250 m
¾ km = 750 m

1. 1000m 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9. 10.

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Metres and Centimetres
1 m = 100 cm
Write how many centimetres.
½ m = 50 cm
¼ m = 25 cm
¾ m = 75 cm

1. 300cm 2.

3. 4.

5. 6.

7. 8.

9.

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Metres and Centimetres
Write how many metres and centimetres. Write each length in metres only
using a decimal point.

2 3 5
4

7 9
6
8

1. 2m 48cm 2.48m
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Estimates
Circle the nearest length.

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Metres
Convert these lengths into metres.

1. 243 cm 2.43 m
2. 457 cm
3. 1 m 87 cm
4. 1765 cm
5. ½ km
6. 78 cm
7. 2.5 km
8. ¾ km
9. 1 km 342 m
10. 1 m 9 cm
11. 3458 cm
12. ¼ km
13. 1.2 km
14. 78 cm
15. 1¼ km

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Centimetres
Convert these lengths into centimetres.

1. 67 mm 6.7 cm
2. 10 mm
3. 345 mm
4. 2m
5. 1 m 34 cm
6. 2 m 8 cm
7. 3½ m
8. 4.1 m
9. 0.5 m
10. 3 m 24 cm
11. 2½ m
12. 0.45 m
13. 3.6 m
14. 1¾ m
15. 2.88 m

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Metres and Centimetres
Complete the table. The first one has been done for you.

Metres and
Centimetres Metres
Centimetres

1. 125cm 1m 25cm 1.25m

2. 176cm
3. 2m 54cm
4. 2.16m
5. 6m 43cm
6. 438cm
7. 670cm
8. 5m 55cm
9. 6.92m
10. 8.37m
11. 311cm
12. 7.64m
13. 3m 80cm
14. 0.46m
15. 9m 77cm
16. 603cm
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How high?
How high are the kites? Change the heights into metres by using the decimal
point as in the example.

9m 52cm =

9m 86cm = 9.86m

10m 6cm =

7m 11cm =

7m 28cm =

6m 34cm =

5m 50cm =

4m 49cm =
4m 70cm =

3m 2cm =

35cm =

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Metres and Centimetres
Each giraffe grows 25cm more. Write the new length in metres and
centimetres. Convert the new heights in metres using a decimal point.

1. 3m 15cm + 25cm = 3m 40cm 3.4m

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

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Metres and Centimetres
The shelf is 100cm long. Which pairs of objects will fit on the shelf?

3
2

4 5

1. 30 cm + 40 cm = 70 cm
Yes
2.

3.

4.

5.

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Metres and Centimetres
Write how much of the metre stick has been painted.

1. 100 cm – 60 cm = 40 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Metres and Centimetres
This adult snake is one metre long. How much must the baby snakes grow to
reach one metre?

3 5
4

6
7 8
9

1. 100 cm – 35 cm = 65 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Explore
In his bedroom, Mark has a shelf which is exactly 1 metre long. Look at the
objects below and answer the questions.

1. Which three objects fit exactly on the shelf?

The clock is 18cm

wide.

2. How many dictionaries, one next to the other,

The fish bowl is
can Mark fit on the shelf?
32cm wide.

The photo frame is

44cm long.

3. If Mark puts the radio and the photo frame on

the shelf, how much space is left empty?

The radio is 50cm

long.

The dictionary is
10cm thick.

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4. How many fish bowls can fit on the shelf?

5. How much longer must the shelf be so that Mark could fit three photo
frames on it?

6. Which two objects can fit exactly in the space of the radio?

7. Would all the objects fit on two shelves?

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Metres and Centimetres

1 2 3
5 6

Each plant grows 6cm in June. Write the new heights.

1. 16 cm + 6 cm = 22 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Each plant doubles in height in July. Write the new heights.

1. 22 cm X 2 = 44 cm
2.

3.

4.

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 5.

6.

Each plant is one metre long in August. How much does each plant grow in
August?

1. 100 cm – 44 cm = 56 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

How much did each plant grow in these three months?

1. 100 cm – 16 cm = 84 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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Kilometres
How far to the seaside?

1. 124 km + 20 km = 144 km 124 km + 19 km = 143 km

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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Metres
The wind changes direction. Each balloon drops in height. Write the new
height.

1 2 3 5
4

642 m – 200 m = 442 m

1.
442 m – 10 m = 432 m

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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Dividing
Benji needs strips of wood and tape cut into equal pieces. Write a division for
each.

1. 35 cm ÷ 5 = 7 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

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Adding Multiples of 10
Each paper chain has 140cm added to it. Write the new length.

2
3 4

5 6 7

1. 230 + 100 = 330 cm 330 + 40 = 370 cm

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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Adding Several 2-Digit Numbers
Each cyclist visits 4 towns. Write the total number of kilometres they cycle.

1.

2.

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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

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Adding Multiples of 10
Each runner sprints the last part of the race. Write the total length of each
race.

1. 216 m + 80 m = 296 m
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers
Write how much each snake has grown over the year.

1. 91 – 60 = 31 cm 31 – 8 = 23 cm
2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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Subtracting 2-Digit Numbers
Each cyclist had a two day ride. Write the difference in kilometres between day
1 and day 2.

1.

2.

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4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

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Metres and Centimetres
How much taller is each sister?

1. 1m 22cm – 1m 2cm = 20cm

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

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Multiplying
Each kangaroo can hop a different distance. Write how far each one travels.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

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Problems
Work out the problems.

Mark is 1 m 30 cm tall. Ben is 1 Jane has a ball of ribbon 10 m

m 15 cm tall. Coco the clown is long. She needs 4 pieces each 1
on stilts. He is both their m 20 cm long. How much is
heights added together. How left?
tall is he?

Show
all your
Karmenu walks to school. work. Ben walks from home to
It is 1 km 10 m there and the gym. It is 1 km 630 m
back. How far does he walk in 5 there and back. How far is the
days? gym from Ben’s house?

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