Grade 1 Measurement Word Problems
Grade 1 measurement word problems sheet: 8 problems on .
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Three different problem sets — same skill, same layout, fresh numbers.
Preview — Set A
Read each problem carefully. Show your work, then write your answer on the line.
- 1.Priya lines up a 9-inch book and a 7-inch card end to end. How long is the line?
- 2.Felix's pencil is 11 paper clips long. A crayon is 4 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the pencil?
- 3.Uma's pencil is 4 paper clips long. A crayon is 8 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the pencil?
- 4.Rosa's pencil is 5 paper clips long. A crayon is 6 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the pencil?
- 5.Willa lines up a 6-inch book and a 4-inch card end to end. How long is the line?
- 6.Leo lines up a 4-inch book and a 4-inch card end to end. How long is the line?
- 7.Carla lines up a 10-inch book and a 2-inch card end to end. How long is the line?
- 8.Hana's pencil is 7 paper clips long. A crayon is 7 paper clips long. How many paper clips longer is the pencil?
What this worksheet covers
There are eight story problems here — one page to work, one page of answers to check against — and Sets B and C repeat the layout with different numbers. The problems are written as situations that have to be translated before they can be calculated and answers carry units, and a number without its unit is only half an answer. Problems 3 and 6, for instance, are "Uma's pencil is 4 paper clips long. A crayon is 8 paper…" and "Leo lines up a 4-inch book and a 4-inch card end to end.…".
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. Concretely, the sheet tests whether a student can read a situation and choose an operation before computing. Six different answers appear across the eight problems, so a student cannot copy one result down the page.
About the word problems format
The 8 story problems each get a full line and an answer rule; problem 3, "Uma's pencil is 4 paper clips long. A crayon is 8 paper…" is one, and the answer key writes the unit with every answer. Gardens, ribbons, tanks and trips are the reason measurement is taught; the numbers finally mean something.
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 5 is "Willa lines up a 6-inch book and a 4-inch card end to end.…", Set B's is "Elena's pencil is 9 paper clips long. A crayon is 3 paper…".
How to use this worksheet
Grade 1 attention runs short, so split these eight measurement problems over two or three sittings rather than pushing through in one; a number line or counters within reach is a strategy, not a failure. Use the key as a check, not as a grade; none of the eight problems needs a score attached to be useful.
One mistake to watch for
Lengths are compared by the size of the number, ignoring the unit. Watch problem 6 of this word problems — "Leo lines up a 4-inch book and a 4-inch card end to end.…" — for this one.
The unit has not yet been seen as part of the quantity.
Have the student say the full measurement aloud with its unit before comparing.
Other grade 1 measurement formats
The same skill in the other formats available at this grade.
- Drill — Grade 1 Measurement Drill, 24 problems
- Timed Drill — Grade 1 Measurement Timed Drill, 60 problems
- Missing Number — Grade 1 Measurement Missing Number, 24 problems
- Mixed Review — Grade 1 Measurement Mixed Review, 24 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.
- 2.MD.5 — Adding and Subtracting Lengths Word Problems — grade 2, 22 problems
Word Problems sheets in other grade 1 topics
No paywall and no account — download any set of this grade 1 measurement word problems, and the answers for all eight problems are in the matching key.