Measurement for Year 1 Maths: Learn to Measure Length, Weight, and Capacity

Question 1

Which unit of length is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Kilometer

Answer

Centimeter

Answer

Meter

Answer

Millimeter

Question 2

Which item is the shortest?

Accepted Answer

A paperclip

Answer

A pencil

Answer

A ruler

Answer

A book

Question 3

Which unit is the smallest way to measure length?

Accepted Answer

Millimeter

Answer

Meter

Answer

Centimeter

Answer

Kilometer

Question 4

What do we use to measure how heavy something is?

Accepted Answer

Scales

Answer

Ruler

Answer

Jug

Answer

Tape measure

Question 5

Which one is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Ruler

Answer

Pencil

Answer

Book

Answer

Coin

Question 6

Which of these objects is the heaviest?

Accepted Answer

A car

Answer

A feather

Answer

A book

Answer

A bicycle

Question 7

Which unit of length is the smallest? We use it to measure very tiny things.

Accepted Answer

Millimeter

Answer

Centimeter

Answer

Meter

Answer

Kilometer

Question 8

Which one is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Ruler

Answer

Pencil

Answer

Book

Answer

Coin

Question 9

What is the smallest unit we use to measure length?

Accepted Answer

Millimeter

Answer

Meter

Answer

Centimeter

Answer

Inch

Question 10

How many centimeters make up a meter?

Accepted Answer

100

Answer

10

Answer

1000

Answer

1

Question 11

Which item is the longest?

Accepted Answer

Ruler

Answer

Pencil

Answer

Book

Answer

Paper

Question 12

Which is the shortest?

Accepted Answer

A small pencil

Answer

A big pencil

Answer

A long ruler

Question 13

When measuring the amount of liquid, which unit is the largest?

Accepted Answer

Liter

Answer

Milliliter

Answer

Centimeter

Answer

Kilogram

Question 14

Susan and David each have a cup of orange juice. Susan's cup holds 200 milliliters of juice. David's cup holds 250 milliliters of juice. Which cup has more juice?

Accepted Answer

David's cup

Answer

Susan's cup

Answer

They have the same amount of juice

Question 15

Sally measures a piece of paper with a ruler and finds it to be 15 centimeters long. What does this measurement tell us?

Accepted Answer

The paper is 15 centimeters long.

Answer

The paper is 15 millimeters long.

Answer

The paper is 15 meters long.

Question 16

Which object is the longest?

Accepted Answer

A long ruler

Answer

A short pencil

Answer

A small coin

Question 17

Which object is the longest?

Accepted Answer

A large ruler

Answer

A small pencil

Answer

A heavy book

Answer

A wide table

Question 18

We have a straight line on the board. If we start from the left end and move 5 centimeters to the right, where will we stop?

Accepted Answer

5 centimeters from the left end of the line.

Answer

Exactly in the middle of the line.

Answer

At the right end of the line.

Question 19

Which is the longest?

Accepted Answer

A ruler

Answer

A pencil

Answer

A book

Question 20

Which is the shortest length: a meter, a centimeter, or a kilometer?

Accepted Answer

A centimeter

Answer

A meter

Answer

A kilometer

Question 21

Which of these is NOT a way to measure how long something is?

Accepted Answer

Kilograms

Answer

Centimeters

Answer

Meters

Answer

Millimeters

Question 22

You have a bottle of juice that holds 1 liter. How many glasses of juice can you fill if each glass holds 250 milliliters?

Accepted Answer

4

Answer

2

Answer

6

Answer

8

Question 23

Which container can hold more water: a small bottle that holds 500 milliliters or a large jug that holds 2 liters?

Accepted Answer

Large jug

Answer

Small bottle

Answer

Same amount

Answer

Don't know

Question 24

You have a bag of marbles that weighs 100 grams. You take out 20 marbles. How much do the remaining marbles weigh?

Accepted Answer

80 grams

Answer

20 grams

Answer

100 grams

Answer

120 grams

Question 25

You have a bottle of water that is half full. You pour half of the water into another bottle. What part of the original bottle is now filled?

Accepted Answer

A quarter

Answer

Half

Answer

Three quarters

Answer

Full

Question 26

You have a rectangular piece of paper. How do you find the perimeter of the paper using a ruler?

Accepted Answer

Measure each side of the paper and add the measurements together.

Answer

Measure only the top and bottom of the paper and add them together.

Answer

Measure only the length of the paper and multiply it by 2.

Answer

Count the corners of the paper.

Question 27

We have a spoon, a mug, and a bucket. Which one can hold the most water? How can we find out?

Accepted Answer

Fill each container with water and pour it into a larger container to compare.

Answer

Guess which one is the biggest.

Question 28

Which of these objects is the heaviest?

Accepted Answer

A car

Answer

A feather

Answer

A rock

Answer

They all weigh the same

Question 29

Which container holds more liquid: a pint glass or a half-pint glass?

Accepted Answer

A pint glass

Answer

A half-pint glass

Answer

They hold the same amount

Question 30

Which scale is showing the heaviest weight?

Accepted Answer

A scale with the needle pointing to 15 kg

Answer

A scale with the needle pointing to 5 kg

Answer

A scale with the needle pointing to 10 kg

Question 31

Which object would you use to measure the height of a tree?

Accepted Answer

A tape measure

Answer

A ruler

Answer

Scales

Question 32

When we measure something, what are we finding out?

Accepted Answer

How big or small, how heavy or light, or how much it holds

Answer

How many there are

Answer

What it looks like

Answer

How much it weighs

Question 33

Which is heavier, a ball or a feather?

Accepted Answer

Ball

Answer

Feather

Question 34

Which container holds more water, a glass or a bottle?

Accepted Answer

Bottle

Answer

Glass

Question 35

Put these objects in order from shortest to tallest: tree, car, building

Accepted Answer

Tree, car, building

Answer

Building, car, tree

Answer

Car, tree, building

Question 36

Which item is the heaviest?

Accepted Answer

A stone

Answer

A feather

Answer

A balloon

Question 37

We have a ruler here. Which item is shorter than the ruler?

Accepted Answer

A pencil

Answer

A book

Answer

A tree

Question 38

We have a small cup filled with water. Which item can hold less water than the cup?

Accepted Answer

A spoon

Answer

A glass

Answer

A bottle

Question 39

Which of these is a liquid?

Accepted Answer

Water

Answer

Sand

Answer

Sugar

Answer

Paper

Question 40

What do we use to find out how heavy a bag of rice is?

Accepted Answer

Scales

Answer

A ruler

Answer

A cup

Question 41

You have a bag of marbles that weighs 200 grams. You take out 50 marbles. How much do the marbles left in the bag weigh?

Accepted Answer

150 grams

Answer

50 grams

Answer

250 grams

Question 42

Mass tells us how much ___.

Accepted Answer

matter an object has

Answer

space an object takes up

Question 43

To find the area of a rectangular garden, what do we multiply its length by?

Accepted Answer

Width

Answer

Height

Answer

Perimeter

Answer

Weight

Question 44

Which activity helps us find out how much a container can hold?

Accepted Answer

Filling a jug with water

Answer

Counting the toys in a box

Answer

Measuring the length of a pencil

Question 45

What do you use to measure the weight of a bag of sugar?

Accepted Answer

Scale

Answer

Ruler

Answer

Measuring tape

Question 46

Which unit would you use to measure the distance between two cities?

Accepted Answer

Kilometers

Answer

Centimeters

Answer

Inches

Question 47

Which of these is heavier: a bag of feathers or a bag of stones?

Accepted Answer

Stones

Answer

Feathers

Answer

They weigh the same.

Question 48

What do you use to measure the length of a piece of string?

Accepted Answer

Ruler

Answer

Scale

Answer

Beaker

Question 49

Which unit would you use to measure the weight of a person?

Accepted Answer

Kilograms

Answer

Centimeters

Answer

Inches

Question 50

What do we use to measure length?

Accepted Answer

Centimetres

Answer

Seconds

Answer

Kilograms

Answer

Litres

Question 51

What do we use to measure weight?

Accepted Answer

Grams

Answer

Millilitres

Answer

Metres

Answer

Minutes

Question 52

What do we use to measure how much liquid something holds?

Accepted Answer

Litres

Answer

Grams

Answer

Centimetres

Answer

Hours

Question 53

Which of these is NOT a way to measure length?

Accepted Answer

Hand span

Answer

Metre

Answer

Inch

Answer

Centimetre

Question 54

Which object is shorter? A pencil or a chair?

Accepted Answer

Pencil

Answer

Chair

Question 55

What do we use to measure weight?

Accepted Answer

Kilograms

Answer

Degrees

Answer

Litres

Question 56

Which object holds the most? A bottle or a bucket?

Accepted Answer

Bucket

Answer

Bottle

Question 57

Which item weighs more? An apple or a coin?

Accepted Answer

Apple

Answer

Coin

Question 58

Which of these is NOT a way to measure length?

Accepted Answer

Hour

Answer

Metre

Answer

Inch

Question 59

Which item is closest to 1 metre long?

Accepted Answer

Broomstick

Answer

Pencil

Answer

Book

Question 60

Whose pencil is the longest? Sarah's pencil is shorter than John's. John's pencil is shorter than Mary's.

Accepted Answer

Mary

Answer

John

Answer

Sarah

Answer

They are all the same length.

Question 61

Which of these is the best tool for measuring the length of your desk?

Accepted Answer

A ruler

Answer

A paperclip

Answer

A feather

Answer

None of these

Question 62

Which animal is the heaviest?

Accepted Answer

An elephant

Answer

They all weigh the same.

Answer

A cat

Answer

A butterfly

Question 63

You have three blocks: red, blue, and green. The red block is heavier than the blue block, but lighter than the green block. Which block is the lightest?

Accepted Answer

The blue block

Answer

They all weigh the same.

Answer

The green block

Answer

The red block

Question 64

When measuring the length of your classroom, what should you use?

Accepted Answer

Metres

Answer

Hand spans

Answer

Both would work the same.

Answer

Neither would work.