This document discusses measuring and comparing lengths using both standard and non-standard units. It explains that length is how long something is and can be measured by ordering objects from shortest to longest. Examples are given of comparing the lengths of pencils owned by different children and ordering them from shortest to tallest using numbers or comparative words like shorter and longer.

1. Comparing
Lengths

2. You can measure the
length of
ANYTHING!
When we
measure length
we measure
how long
something is.

3. We measure using units of
length.These can be non-standard
units………..

4. ……..…or standard units.
Millimetr
es (mm) Centimetres (cm)
Metres (m) Kilometres (km)

5. comparing length

6. Mehaf’s
pencil
Lana’s
pencil
Malak’s
pencil
Can you order the From the shortest to the
longest?

7. Lana’s
pencil
Mehaf’s
pencil
Malak’s
pencil
Which one is the longest ?
is the longest
pencil

8. Lana’s
pencil
Mehaf’s
pencil
Malak’s
pencil
Can you order the From the
longest to the shortest?
3
2
1
Lana’s pencil is than Mehaf’s
pencil.
shorter longer

9. tall taller tallest

11. v
Write 1, 2 or 3 in each box to order the objects
by lengths. ( From the shortest to the longest)