Measurement: Learn to Measure Length and Weight for Reception

Question 1

What do you need to do if you want to find out which of two things is heavier?

Accepted Answer

Weigh them using a scale

Answer

Measure their lengths

Question 2

Which is longer, a pencil or a ruler?

Accepted Answer

A ruler

Answer

A pencil

Question 3

What can we use to find out how heavy an apple is?

Accepted Answer

A balance scales

Answer

A measuring jug

Question 4

Which is heavier, a bag of sugar or a feather?

Accepted Answer

A bag of sugar

Answer

A feather

Question 5

Which is heavier, a stone or a piece of paper?

Accepted Answer

A stone

Answer

A piece of paper

Question 6

What can we use to measure how much water is in a container?

Accepted Answer

A measuring jug

Question 7

Which container can hold more water, a large bottle or a small cup?

Accepted Answer

A large bottle

Answer

A small cup

Question 8

Which is lighter, a book or a feather?

Accepted Answer

A feather

Answer

A book

Question 9

What is the best way to measure the weight of a bag of rice?

Accepted Answer

Use a weighing scale

Answer

Use a ruler

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Guess the weight

Answer

Use a measuring cup

Question 10

Which bag of beans is heavier?

Accepted Answer

The large bag of beans

Answer

The small bag of beans

Question 11

You have a string that is 5 paper clips long. Another string is 3 paper clips long. Is the other string longer or shorter?

Accepted Answer

Shorter

Answer

Longer

Question 12

You have a bag of beans that weighs 6 stones. Another bag of beans weighs 2 stones. Is the other bag of beans heavier or lighter?

Accepted Answer

Lighter

Answer

Heavier

Question 13

You have two bags of sand. Bag A weighs 10 feathers. Bag B weighs 5 feathers. Which bag is heavier?

Accepted Answer

Bag A

Answer

Bag B

Question 14

Which is heavier: a bag of feathers or a bag of sand?

Accepted Answer

A bag of sand

Answer

A bag of feathers

Question 15

Which is lighter: a feather or a stone?

Accepted Answer

A feather

Answer

A stone

Question 16

Which is thinner: a sheet of paper or a piece of card?

Accepted Answer

A sheet of paper

Answer

A piece of card

Question 17

Let's measure things! Which of these things can we use to measure how long something is?

Accepted Answer

A long piece of string

Answer

Fun building blocks

Answer

A big weighing scale

Question 18

Now, let's think about weight. Which of these things can we use to measure how heavy something is?

Accepted Answer

A special weighing scale

Answer

Small building blocks

Answer

A thin, long string

Question 19

Let's measure something big! Which of these things would be best to use to measure the length of a playground?

Accepted Answer

Your footsteps

Answer

Small building blocks

Answer

Tiny paper clips

Question 20

Which object is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Red ruler

Answer

Yellow pencil

Answer

Green book

Question 21

Which is heavier: a bag of soft feathers or a bag of hard stones?

Accepted Answer

Bag of hard stones

Answer

Bag of soft feathers

Answer

They are the same weight

Question 22

If you have a line of five blue blocks, and you add three more blocks, how many blocks are there now?

Accepted Answer

Eight blocks

Answer

Two blocks

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Fifteen blocks

Question 23

If you have a bag of apples that weighs five units, and you add two more apples, how much will the bag weigh?

Accepted Answer

Seven units

Answer

Three units

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Ten units

Question 24

Which is the heaviest: a bag of sand, a bag of feathers, or a bag of marbles?

Accepted Answer

Bag of sand

Answer

Bag of feathers

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Bag of marbles

Question 25

If you have a bag of apples that weighs three units, and you take away one apple, how much will the bag weigh?

Accepted Answer

Two units

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Four units

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Six units

Question 26

What does the word 'measure' mean?

Accepted Answer

To find out how big or heavy something is

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To make something bigger or heavier

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To compare something to something else

Question 27

Which of these is heavier than a bag of flour?

Accepted Answer

A bag of rocks

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A bag of sugar

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A bag of feathers

Question 28

If you put 3 apples on one side of a scale and 2 apples on the other side, which side will go down?

Accepted Answer

The side with 3 apples

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The side with 2 apples

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Both sides will go down

Question 29

Which of these is heavier?

Accepted Answer

A bag of sand

Answer

A wooden block

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A ball of cotton

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A feather

Question 30

Which object has the least weight?

Accepted Answer

A piece of paper

Answer

A rock

Answer

A brick

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A bag of sugar

Question 31

Which of the following is an example of direct comparison?

Accepted Answer

Comparing the lengths of two pencils by placing them side by side

Answer

Using a protractor to measure the angle of a triangle

Answer

Using a thermometer to measure the temperature of a room