Grade 1 Measurement Timed Drill
Grade 1 measurement timed drill sheet: 60 problems on comparing lengths, adding and subtracting lengths within 20, longer or shorter.
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Start the timer, then solve as many problems as you can. Write your time in the box when you finish.
- 1.A string is 3 cm long and a straw is 24 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 2.8 ft - 7 ft =
- 3.8 cm ___ 18 cm
- 4.A stick is 15 in long and a rope is 9 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 5.5 cm + 7 cm =
- 6.9 cm ___ 19 cm
- 7.A string is 7 cm long and a feather is 23 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 8.5 in - 2 in =
- 9.8 cm ___ 17 cm
- 10.A stick is 2 cm long and a block is 15 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 11.4 ft + 5 ft =
- 12.19 cm ___ 3 cm
- 13.A ribbon is 12 cm long and a rope is 5 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 14.9 m + 10 m =
- 15.9 cm ___ 6 cm
- 16.A string is 29 cm long and a rope is 26 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 17.8 cm + 9 cm =
- 18.18 cm ___ 16 cm
- 19.A ribbon is 6 cm long and a straw is 17 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 20.6 in + 2 in =
- 21.13 cm ___ 15 cm
- 22.A pencil is 3 in long and a rope is 26 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 23.8 ft + 2 ft =
- 24.17 cm ___ 5 cm
- 25.A string is 30 in long and a block is 18 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 26.8 ft - 2 ft =
- 27.6 cm ___ 2 cm
- 28.A pencil is 14 in long and a leaf is 20 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 29.8 cm + 7 cm =
- 30.18 cm ___ 6 cm
- 31.A crayon is 10 in long and a straw is 8 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 32.6 ft - 5 ft =
- 33.17 cm ___ 20 cm
- 34.A pencil is 5 cm long and a leaf is 24 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 35.5 ft + 3 ft =
- 36.4 cm ___ 13 cm
- 37.A string is 5 cm long and a straw is 15 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 38.3 cm + 3 cm =
- 39.12 cm ___ 13 cm
- 40.A ribbon is 22 in long and a feather is 25 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 41.5 cm + 2 cm =
- 42.2 cm ___ 10 cm
- 43.A pencil is 15 in long and a straw is 16 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 44.2 ft - 2 ft =
- 45.20 cm ___ 12 cm
- 46.A stick is 5 in long and a block is 11 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 47.5 in + 7 in =
- 48.17 cm ___ 2 cm
- 49.A stick is 30 in long and a block is 6 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 50.5 m + 6 m =
- 51.9 cm ___ 20 cm
- 52.A ribbon is 3 in long and a feather is 4 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 53.10 ft - 3 ft =
- 54.8 cm ___ 10 cm
- 55.A pencil is 12 cm long and a feather is 9 cm long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 56.7 ft + 6 ft =
- 57.19 cm ___ 11 cm
- 58.A ribbon is 17 in long and a feather is 15 in long. How much longer is the longer one?
- 59.6 in - 6 in =
- 60.13 cm ___ 20 cm
What this worksheet covers
There are 60 measurement problems here — one page to work, one page of answers to check against — and Sets B and C repeat the layout with different numbers. What makes this set particular: the numbers run as high as 30. Problems 21 and 41, for instance, are "13 cm ___ 15 cm" and "5 cm + 2 cm". It is written against Common Core 1.MD.1 — Measurement & Data, grade 1.
Skills practised
At grade 1, measurement is about measuring length in non-standard units, comparing lengths, and adding lengths within 20, and this sheet takes one slice of that. What a student is asked to do here is comparing lengths, adding and subtracting lengths within 20, and longer or shorter. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can reason backwards from a result to a missing part. 33 different answers appear across the 60 problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the timed drill format
The timer box at the top has room for minutes, seconds and a score out of 60; a realistic target for a page like this, where problem 21, "13 cm ___ 15 cm" is a typical item, is three to four minutes. Unit conversions are facts — 12 inches, 100 centimeters, 60 minutes — and a timer shows which are known.
Set A, Set B and Set C
All three sets are produced by the site's deterministic generator from a fixed seed, so they are the same every time the site is built and the answer keys are exact. Where Set A's problem 31 is "A crayon is 10 in long and a straw is 8 in long. How much…", Set B's is "A pencil is 21 in long and a block is 19 in long. How much…".
How to use this worksheet
Sit alongside for this measurement timed drill. At grade 1 the useful information is not the score but which of the 60 problems drew a pause. Keep the key face down until all 60 problems are finished, then go through the misses together rather than only totalling the score.
Other grade 1 measurement formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 1 Measurement Drill, 24 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 1 Measurement Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 1 Measurement Mixed Review, 24 problems
- Word Problems — Grade 1 Measurement Word Problems, 8 problems
A step either side
The same format one grade down and one grade up — the easier sheet is often the faster fix when this one is not landing.
- Grade 2 Measurement Timed Drill — grade 2, 60 problems
Timed Drill sheets in other grade 1 topics
No paywall and no account — download any set of this grade 1 measurement timed drill, and the answers for all 60 problems are in the matching key.