Colouring NestMeasuring to the Nearest Inch
- Ages 7–9
- 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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A 6 inch ruler across the top of the page, marked in quarter inches, and seven things to measure: pencils, crayons, ribbons and straws. Each one starts at the same line as the ruler’s zero. Children lay the ruler (or cut it out) along each object and write its length to the nearest inch: if the end is past the half-inch mark, round up. Printed at 100% on US Letter paper, the ruler shows true inches, so a real ruler works too. Page 2 is the answer key.
Also try: Measuring to the Nearest Half Inch · Measuring in Centimeters · Rounding to the Nearest 10 and 100
Tips for this measurement worksheet
- Line up the zero on the ruler with the start of the object.
- Find the inch mark nearest to the end.
- Past the half-inch line? Round up to the next inch.
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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