Year 1 Comparing quantities - part part whole relationships worksheet

“Taller, shorter, longer” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 1 maths unit “Comparing quantities - part part whole relationships”, for children aged 5 to 6, and takes about 20 minutes.

Print it on A4. The child's pages come first; the answers, and what each wrong answer tells you, are on the grown-up page that follows. Weeks 7 to 9 of the year, 15 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Taller, shorter, longer

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 1 · Maths · about 20 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can say whether one thing is taller, shorter or longer than another.

A Look back3 min

1.
What is one more than 9?
2.
7 + 2 =
3.
14 8

B Watch me, then you4 min

Ben and Mia have two sticks. Which stick is longer?

Watch me

Ben's stick is 9 cm long.

Mia's stick is 5 cm long.

9 is more than 5, so Ben's stick is longer.

Now you

1.
Pip's pencil is 6 cm long. Ola's pencil is 8 cm long. Which pencil is shorter? Circle your answer.
Pip's pencilOla's pencil

C Your turn6 min

Use taller for height and longer or shorter for length.

1.
Tower A is 9 cubes tall. Tower B is 6 cubes tall. Which tower is taller? Circle your answer.
Tower ATower B
2.
Kit's rope is 8 cm long. Leo's rope is 12 cm long. Whose rope is longer? Circle your answer.
Kit's ropeLeo's rope
3.
The crayon is 7 cm long. The stick is 4 cm long. Which is shorter? Circle your answer.
the crayonthe stick
4.
Ruby's plant is 12 cm tall. Ali's plant is 15 cm tall. Noa's plant is 9 cm tall. Whose plant is the tallest? Circle your answer.
RubyAliNoa

Say it out loud: When did you use taller, and when did you use longer? How did you choose?

D Spot the mistake3 min

A long pen and a shorter pencil lying flat side by side on a wooden table

Kit says: “The pen is taller than the pencil, lying flat on the table.”

1.
Which word is right for the pen and the pencil lying flat? Circle your answer.
taller thanlonger than

E Think deeper4 min

Sort these into the right column. Tall things reach up. Long things stretch along.

A garden with a tall tree, a tall tower of toy bricks, a long hose and a long snake on a path

1.
Write each thing in the right column.
a treea tower of bricksa garden hosea snake on the path
Use taller Use longer

How did it feel?

I can do it Nearly Not yet

For the grown-up

Taller, shorter, longer · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 10

2. 9 If your child writes 8, they have counted on only one. Count on two from 7: 8, then 9.

3. >

B

1. Pip's pencil If your child circles Ola's pencil, ask which number is smaller, 6 or 8. The smaller length is the shorter one.

C

1. Tower A If your child circles Tower B, ask which bar reaches higher. The taller tower reaches higher up.

2. Leo's rope If your child circles Kit's rope, ask which number is bigger, 8 or 12. The bigger length is the longer one.

3. the stick If your child circles the crayon, ask which length is the smaller number. Smaller means shorter.

4. Ali If your child circles Ruby, ask who has the biggest number. Check all three numbers before choosing.

D

1. longer than If your child circles taller than, ask whether the pen reaches up higher. Things lying flat stretch along, so use longer than.

E

1. Use longer: a garden hose, a snake on the path · Use taller: a tree, a tower of bricks

Words to use

Say“Does it reach higher, or does it stretch further? Which word fits that?”

Instead of“Just say bigger.”

After the sheet

Stand two books on end and lay two spoons flat. Say taller or longer for each pair.

Tick what your child got right in StudyDen. Anything missed comes back in a later Look back box, so there's no need to redo the sheet.

The rest of this unit

14 more sheets come with a StudyDen plan, in teaching order:

Heavier or lighter?(with a plan)
How Much Can It Hold?(with a plan)
Counting Objects Carefully(with a plan)
Which group has more?(with a plan)
Which group has more?(with a plan)
Bigger, Smaller or the Same?(with a plan)
What is a whole?(with a plan)
Splitting a Whole(with a plan)
Is the whole group here?(with a plan)
Whole or part?(with a plan)
Parts Make the Whole(with a plan)
Splitting into Two Parts(with a plan)
Splitting into Three Parts(with a plan)
Splitting into more parts(with a plan)

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