Colouring NestMeasuring to the Nearest Half Inch
- Ages 8–9
- Medium
- 2 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
- Updated
Tip: download the PDF for Letter or A4 paper, print it at 100% and use a pencil or crayon. Tap "Show solution" to check your answer, or print it as an answer key.
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The grade 3 step: seven objects to measure to the nearest half inch with the 6 inch ruler at the top of the page. The half-inch marks are the middle-length lines between the numbers, so an answer can be a whole number of inches or a half, such as 3 and a half. Write halves as a fraction. Printed at 100% on US Letter paper the ruler shows true inches; measuring with the ruler on the sheet works on A4 too. These lengths are the kind of data that goes on a line plot. Page 2 is the answer key.
Also try: Measuring in Centimeters · Reading a Bar Graph · Rounding to the Nearest 10 and 100
Tips for this measurement worksheet
- The longest lines are inches, the middle lines are halves.
- Find the nearest inch or half inch to the end of the object.
- Write a half as 1 over 2 after the whole inches.
Page 2 of the PDF is the answer key. Print at 100% (Actual size), not “Fit to page”: the inch rulers are true size on US Letter and the centimeter ruler on A4. When this sheet feels easy, move on to the line plot worksheet, which puts lengths like these on a graph. See all measurement worksheets.
For teachers and parents
- What it practises
- Area by counting squares and by multiplying, perimeter of rectangles and other shapes, measuring to the nearest inch, half inch and centimeter, reading and making bar graphs, picture graphs and line plots, elapsed time
- How to use it
- Colour the squares for area and trace the edge for perimeter. Print the ruler sheets at 100% (Actual size). Read the scale or key before any graph. Answers on page 2.
- Time
- About 15–20 minutes
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Printing tips
- Colour the squares as you count them so none is counted twice.
- Trace round the edge with a finger for perimeter, saying each length.
- Read the scale of a graph before reading any bar.
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