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2nd grade · Math · Unit 14 of 19

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.

Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) teks student expectation: 2.9(A); 2.9(D); 2.9(E) · measuring and estimating lengths in inches, feet and yards, 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 Texas

In the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), this is unit 14 of 19 in 2nd grade Math, after Measuring and before Five-Minute Clock.

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: Texas Education Agency (TEA)

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

    About how long is a football field?

    • 100 inches
    • 10 inches
    • 100 yards

  2. Question 2

    Zoe jumped 39 inches. A friend jumped 20 inches farther. How far did the friend jump?

    • 69 in
    • 59 in
    • 49 in
    • 19 in

  3. Question 3

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

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    • 3 in
    • 2 in
    • 4 in
    • 5 in

  4. Question 4

    Which unit is best for the length of a playground?

    • inches
    • yards
    • pounds

  5. Question 5

    How many centimeters make 1 meter?

    • 1000
    • 100
    • 12
    • 10

  6. Question 6

    A ribbon is 25 centimeters long. A string is 16 centimeters long. How much longer is the ribbon?

    • 8 centimeters
    • 41 centimeters
    • 19 centimeters
    • 9 centimeters

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