Measurement Worksheet: Longest to Shortest!

How to use this worksheet

Look at the three objects pictured together and ask your child to point to the one they think is longest and the one they think is shortest, encouraging visual comparison before writing anything. Have your child write '1' in the box under the longest object, '2' under the middle-length object, and '3' under the shortest, to show the descending order. Then repeat the exercise for the ascending order, this time starting numbering from the shortest object to the longest. Review both orderings together, double-checking that the numbers correctly match the object lengths.

Materials needed

• Pencil
• Eraser

Extension activities

• 1Line up household objects like spoons, pencils, or shoes and order them from longest to shortest.
• 2Measure a few toys using non-standard units like blocks, then use those measurements to double-check the visual ordering.
• 3Create a 'tallest to shortest' version using family members standing in a line.
• 4Play a sorting game with paper strips of different lengths, ordering them quickly against the clock.
• 5Draw three lines of clearly different lengths and have your child practice ordering them longest to shortest.