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2nd grade · Math · Unit 13 of 16

Inches, Feet & Yards

Measure and estimate length

What your child practices

Measuring and estimating length in inches, feet and yards (and centimeters and meters), and finding how much longer one thing is than another.

Alaska content standards learning standard: 2.MD.1; 2.MD.3; 2.MD.4; 2.MD.5 · measuring and estimating lengths in inches, feet, centimeters and meters, and solving length problems

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practice.

  1. An inch is about the width of a quarter.
  2. 12 inches make 1 foot. 3 feet make 1 yard.
  3. To find how much longer, subtract the shorter length.

Example: A ribbon is 14 inches. A string is 9 inches. How much longer is the ribbon? 14 − 9 = 5. Answer: 5 inches

Inches, Feet & Yards in Alaska

In the Alaska content standards, this is unit 13 of 16 in 2nd grade Math, after Five-Minute Clock and before Arrays.

Gradelings describes a child's practice on this unit as Beginning, Approaching, Meeting or Exceeding (Four practice steps). That reflects practice, not a report-card mark: the teacher decides the mark.

Source: Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

Sample questions

A taste of this unit. In the app, questions change every time and get easier or harder to match your child.

  1. Question 1

    Which unit is best for the length of a playground?

    • pounds
    • inches
    • yards

  2. Question 2

    How many feet make 1 yard?

    • 36
    • 10
    • 12
    • 3

  3. Question 3

    A ribbon is 90 centimeters long. A string is 29 centimeters long. How much longer is the ribbon?

    • 61 centimeters
    • 71 centimeters
    • 119 centimeters
    • 60 centimeters

  4. Question 4

    Maya jumped 33 inches. A friend jumped 31 inches farther. How far did the friend jump?

    • 54 in
    • 2 in
    • 64 in
    • 74 in

  5. Question 5

    About how long is a baseball bat?

    • 1 yard
    • 10 yards
    • 1 inch

  6. Question 6

    The dots mark the ends of a spoon on an inch ruler. How long is it?

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    • 7 in
    • 5 in
    • 6 in
    • 8 in

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