Year 5 Compare and describe measurements using knowledge of multiplication and division worksheet

“Times the length” is free to print, with no account. It is the first sheet in the Year 5 maths unit “Compare and describe measurements using knowledge of multiplication and division”, for children aged 9 to 10, and takes about 19 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 16 to 17 of the year, 10 sheets in the unit.

Free sample · answers on the last page

Times the length

Name: ____________ · Date: ____________
Year 5 · Maths · about 19 minutes
Answers are on the grown-up page

Today I can compare two lengths by saying how many times one length fits into the other.

A Look back3 min

1.
3 × 5 =
2.
The strip is cm long.
3.
7 × 10 =

B Watch me, then you4 min

A green ribbon is 15 cm long. A purple ribbon is 5 cm long. How many times the length of the purple ribbon is the green ribbon?

Watch me

Three purple ribbons, each 5 cm, fit end to end.

5 cm × 3 = 15 cm.

So the green ribbon is 3 times the length of the purple ribbon.

Now you

1.
A red ribbon is 4 cm. A blue ribbon is 12 cm. The blue ribbon is times the length of the red ribbon.

C Your turn6 min

The short ribbon is always 4 cm. Only the long ribbon changes.

1.
The long ribbon is 8 cm. The short ribbon is 4 cm. The long ribbon is times the length of the short ribbon.
2.
The long ribbon is 12 cm. The short ribbon is 4 cm. The long ribbon is times the length of the short ribbon.
3.
The long ribbon is 16 cm. The short ribbon is 4 cm. The long ribbon is times the length of the short ribbon.
4.
The long ribbon is 20 cm. The short ribbon is 4 cm. The long ribbon is times the length of the short ribbon.

Say it out loud: What stayed the same in every row? What changed, and what happened to the answer?

D Spot the mistake3 min

Kit says: “The 12 cm rope is 4 times the length of the 4 cm rope.”

1.
Kit's long rope is 12 cm and the short rope is 4 cm. How many times the length of the short rope is the long rope?

E Think deeper3 min

A ribbon is 4 cm long. Some lengths are a whole number of times that length. Find them.

1.
Write every length from 1 cm to 50 cm that is a whole number of times 4 cm, smallest first.

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For the grown-up

Times the length · 2 minutes to read

Answers, and what a wrong one tells you

A

1. 15

2. 9

3. 70

B

1. 3 your child may have taken 4 from 12 to get 8. That finds the difference. Ask how many 4 cm pieces fit end to end along the 12 cm.

C

1. 2 your child took 4 away from 8 and got 4. Ask: how many 4s fit into 8? Count the pieces with a finger.

2. 3 your child took 4 away from 12 and got 8. Ask: how many 4 cm pieces lie end to end along the 12 cm?

3. 4 your child took 4 away from 16 and got 12. Ask: how many lots of 4 make 16?

4. 5 your child took 4 away from 20 and got 16. Ask: how many 4 cm pieces fit along the 20 cm? Lay them out and count.

D

1. 3 your child may have taken 4 from 12 to get 8. That is the difference, not the number of times. Lay three 4 cm pieces along the 12 cm to check.

E

1. 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28, 32, 36, 40, 44, 48

Words to use

Say“How many of the short one fit end to end along the long one?”

Instead of“Just tell them the answer, or say the long one is '3 times longer'.”

After the sheet

Lay two matching pencils end to end, with a third matching pencil beside them. Ask: how many times the length of one pencil is the long line? Try again with string cut to two lengths.

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The rest of this unit

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

Times as long(with a plan)
Dividing lengths into parts(with a plan)
Unit fractions and division(with a plan)
Two steps to compare(with a plan)
Mass and capacity comparisons(with a plan)
Times as long, times as much(with a plan)
Multiplying to make smaller(with a plan)
Comparing with times(with a plan)
Times as many, same unit(with a plan)

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