How it works
These measurement worksheets grade 2 open on bars to measure in whole inches on a drawn ruler. Other sheets use centimeters, and five sheets of length stories add and subtract within 100.
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Whole units on a drawn ruler
Each bar starts at the 0 mark and ends on a number, so its length is the number under its end. The ruler is printed in the problem and is not life size, so the answer does not depend on your printer. Use an inch sheet and a centimeter sheet side by side: one idea, two units.
Length stories within 100
Common Core grade 2 adds and subtracts lengths given in the same unit. How much longer? Stories in centimeters compares two lengths, and Cut off: how much is left? Stories in inches takes one away. The key prints the number sentence under each answer.
- Have pupils write the unit after every answer: 7 inches, not 7.
- No sheet asks for an estimate or a choice of unit. Do those aloud with real objects before the rulers come out.
Questions and answers
What measurement do 2nd graders learn?
Length. Common Core grade 2 measures with rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks and measuring tapes, estimates in inches, feet, centimeters and meters, finds how much longer one object is than another, and solves length stories within 100.
Should second graders measure in inches or centimeters?
Both. The standards name inches, feet, centimeters and meters. A centimeter is smaller than an inch, so the same object measures more centimeters than inches, which is the point of measuring it twice.
Do the grade 2 measurement worksheets have an answer key?
Yes. The key prints as the last page, and story sheets show the number sentence under each answer. To print the sheet alone, untick Answer key before you press Print.
Why is the printed ruler not life size?
So the sheet works on any printer. The pupil reads the drawn ruler and does not lay a real one on the paper. For real measuring, hand out classroom rulers and objects.