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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets

2nd Grade Measuring Length: measure with rulers in inches and centimeters, estimate lengths, and compare them. Every worksheet is free, prints as a PDF with an answer key, and can be assigned online. The ones teachers open most are first.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - American Ruler worksheet

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American Ruler

2md1

Student objectives

Read a metric ruler to find how long a bar is in centimeters.
Write the length using the correct decimal location.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Choosing Centimeters or Meters worksheet

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Choosing Centimeters or Meters

2md1

Student objectives

Decide whether an object is best measured in centimeters or in meters.
Connect a unit to a real object of about that size.
Recognize that centimeters suit small objects and meters suit large ones.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring Objects (Centimeters) worksheet

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Measuring Objects (Centimeters)

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Student objectives

Measure the length of an object with a centimeter ruler.
Line the end of an object up with zero before reading the other end.
Read a length to the nearest whole centimeter.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Word Measurement Estimating worksheet

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Word Measurement Estimating

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Student objectives

Choose whether inches, feet, centimeters, or meters makes the most sense for a length in a word problem.
Use what you know about common objects to make a reasonable estimate of a length.
Tell the difference between small lengths and longer distances so you don’t pick a unit that’s way too big or too small.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Comparing objects width worksheet

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Comparing objects width

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Student objectives

Practice measuring the same object in both inches and centimeters
Read a ruler to the nearest half inch and to the nearest centimeter
See that the same length gives a different number depending on the unit used

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Comparing Two Measurements (Width) worksheet

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Comparing Two Measurements (Width)

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Student objectives

Read a ruler to find the width of an object in inches.
Read a ruler to find the width of an object in centimeters.
Use measurement words like wider, narrower, longer, and shorter to describe the comparison.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Comparing Two Measurements (Width & Height) worksheet

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Comparing Two Measurements (Width & Height)

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Student objectives

Measure the width and height of a block using a ruler.
Read ruler marks to write measurements in inches and in centimeters.
Use words like greater than and less than to describe measurement comparisons.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Choosing a Measuring Tool worksheet

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Choosing a Measuring Tool

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Student objectives

Choose whether a centimeter ruler, a meter stick or a measuring tape best fits an object.
Judge roughly how long an object is before deciding how to measure it.
Explain why a tool can be too short, or longer than it needs to be, for a given object.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring Objects (Centimeters) worksheet

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Measuring Objects (Centimeters)

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Student objectives

Line a ruler up with the end of an object before reading it.
Measure a real object to the nearest centimeter.
Read a ruler that is not already positioned for you.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring an Object That Does Not Start at Zero worksheet

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Measuring an Object That Does Not Start at Zero

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Student objectives

Measure an object that does not start at zero.
Find a length by subtracting two ruler readings.
Read a ruler to the nearest centimeter.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring Objects (Half Inches) worksheet

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Measuring Objects (Half Inches)

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Student objectives

Measure the length of an object with an inch ruler.
Line the end of an object up with zero before reading the other end.
Read a length to the nearest half inch, including marks that fall between two numbers.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Choosing a Measuring Tool (Customary) worksheet

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Choosing a Measuring Tool (Customary)

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Student objectives

Choose whether an inch ruler, a yardstick or a measuring tape best fits an object.
Judge roughly how long an object is before deciding how to measure it.
Explain why a tool can be too short, or longer than it needs to be, for a given object.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring with a Ruler (Sixteenth Inch) worksheet

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Measuring with a Ruler (Sixteenth Inch)

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Student objectives

Measure an object to the nearest sixteenth inch.
Use a real ruler on a printed object.
Write a length as a mixed number.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring with a Ruler (Half Inch) worksheet

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Measuring with a Ruler (Half Inch)

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Line a ruler up with the end of an object before reading it.
Measure a real object to the nearest half inch.
Read a ruler that is not already positioned for you.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring Objects (Half Inches) worksheet

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Measuring Objects (Half Inches)

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Student objectives

Measure the length of an object to the nearest quarter inch.
Read a mark that is neither a whole number nor the halfway point.
Find the quarter inch marks among the eighths on a ruler.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Choosing a Ruler for the Unit worksheet

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Choosing a Ruler for the Unit

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Student objectives

Choose a ruler that measures in the unit the question asks for.
Recognize that a centimeter ruler cannot give an answer in inches.
Rule out a tool that is the wrong length as well as one in the wrong unit.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Choosing Inches, Feet or Yards worksheet

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Choosing Inches, Feet or Yards

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Decide whether an object is best measured in inches, feet or yards.
Connect a unit to a real object of about that size.
Recognize that yards are used for fields and long distances, feet for rooms and furniture, and inches for small objects.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring with a Ruler (Quarter Inch) worksheet

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Measuring with a Ruler (Quarter Inch)

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Student objectives

Line a ruler up with the end of an object before reading it.
Measure a real object to the nearest quarter inch.
Read a ruler that is not already positioned for you.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Measuring to the Nearest Eighth Inch worksheet

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Measuring to the Nearest Eighth Inch

2md1

Student objectives

Measure an object to the nearest eighth inch.
Read the smallest tick on a ruler.
Write a length as a mixed number.

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2nd Grade Measuring Length Worksheets - Estimating Length with Benchmarks worksheet

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Estimating Length with Benchmarks

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Student objectives

Estimate a length using a benchmark.
Judge the order of magnitude of a measurement.
Estimate in both customary and metric units.

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