KS1 Maths textbook

Year 1 Length and Height: lesson and practice

Strand Measurement
Level Year 1
Practice 90 questions with step-by-step solutions

National Curriculum for England, Key Stage 1 mathematics, Year 1. Content: Compare and describe lengths: long, short, longer, shorter, Compare and describe heights: tall, short, taller, shorter, tallest, shortest, Solve practical problems about lengths and heights, including how much longer, Double and half, Measure with non-standard units: cubes, paper clips, hand spans, Begin to use centimetres (cm) on a ruler, starting at 0, Record lengths in a table.

Open Year 1 chapter

By the end of this chapter you will be able to

Say which thing is longer or shorter, and which is the longest or shortest
Say which thing is taller or shorter, and which is the tallest or shortest
Measure with cubes, paper clips and hand spans, using units of the same size
Work out how much longer one thing is than another
Find double and half of a length
Read a length in centimetres on a ruler, starting at 0, and write it down

You should already know

Counting and comparing numbers to 10 (Chapter 1)
Taking away within 10 (Chapter 2)
Naming 2-D and 3-D shapes such as cubes (Chapter 3)

Where this leads

Mass and capacity: heavy and light, full and empty (Chapter 8)
Measuring lengths in centimetres and metres in more detail (Year 2)

Lessons in this chapter

Read the whole chapter on one page (good for printing).

Practise with real exam questions

The DfE publishes the old KS1 tests, with mark schemes, for free. They are optional for schools now, so use them as extra practice.

KS1 Maths past papers