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Grade 1 · Math · Unit 7 of 9

Measuring

Measure with cubes and clips

What your child practises

Measuring length with paper clips and cubes, comparing longer and shorter, heavier and lighter, and seeing why same-size units matter.

New Brunswick Curriculum skill descriptor: Shape and Space: Measurement · measuring with non-standard units

How we explain it

Children can open this short lesson before they practise.

  1. Start at the very end of the thing.
  2. Use units that are all the same size.
  3. Leave no gaps. Count the units.

Example: A book is 5 cubes long. A pencil is 8 cubes long. Which is longer? Compare 5 and 8. 8 is more than 5. Answer: The pencil

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

    How many cubes long is the carrot?

    🥕🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦
    • 4
    • 5
    • 3

  2. Question 2

    What is best for measuring a long hallway?

    • 👣footsteps
    • 📎paper clips

  3. Question 3

    Which is the longest?

    • 🛹skateboard
    • 🚗car
    • 🚆train

  4. Question 4

    Which is longer?

    Measured in paper clips

    🖌️ paintbrush
    📎📎📎📎📎📎📎
    🍌 banana
    📎📎

    Each picture = 1

    • 🖌️paintbrush
    • 🍌banana

  5. Question 5

    How many paper clips long is the carrot?

    🥕📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎
    • 8
    • 12
    • 11

  6. Question 6

    Tap them from shortest to longest.

    Measured in paper clips

    👟 shoe
    📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎
    🥄 spoon
    📎📎📎
    🔑 key
    📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎📎

    Each picture = 1

    • 🥄spoon
    • 🔑key
    • 👟shoe

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