Quiz
Length and distance
Level A
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) The width of the classroom door is 75 centimetres. Which of these
statements is correct?
A) It is more than a metre.
B) It is less than a metre.
C) It is the same as a metre.
2) How long is a pencil?
A) about 50 cm
B) about 15 cm
C) about 5 m
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3) When you are drawing a plan or chart on paper in your class you use
a ruler for straight lines. How long is a ruler?
A) 30 cm
B) 1 m
C) 100 cm
D) 10 cm
4) Which of these does not mean the same as five centimetres?
A) 5 centimetres
B) 5 cm
C) five cm
D) 5 m
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5) You can use parts of your body to make measurements. How might
you best measure the length of a room?
A) counting hand spans along the wall
B) just looking and guessing
C) counting your paces as you walk across the room
D) measuring your height and guessing how many times you
can lie down along the wall
6) Some rulers have two sets of measurements on them. One set ends
in 12 and the other ends in 30. When you are measuring in
centimetres you use the measurements that end in 30.
A) True
B) False
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Quiz
Length and distance
Level B
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) How many centimetres are there in a metre?
A) 10
B) 50
C) 100
D) 1000
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2) You measure your friend's height in class. Which of these
measurements could be right?
A) 170 metres
B) 17 metres
C) 170 centimetres
D) 17 centimetres
3) You are asked to measure your classroom. You are given a steel
tape. What is its maximum length likely to be?
A) 2 metres
B) 50 centimetres
C) 20 metres
D) 10 centimetres
4) Which of these does not mean the same as 50 cm?
A) fifty centimetres
B) fifty metres
C) fifty cm
D) half a metre
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5) "Measure the length of the room in paces - it will be approximately
right." What does this statement mean?
A) When you walk around the room you will know exactly how
long it is.
B) Counting your paces gives a measurement, but it is only for
your pace.
C) When you measure by paces it is no better than guessing.
6) Some long rulers have two sets of measurements on them. One set
ends in 39 and the other ends in 100. When you are measuring in
centimetres you use the measurements that end in 100.
A) False
B) True
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Quiz
Length and distance
Level C
Circle the right answer for each question.
1) The long side of the table in the classroom measures 2 metres. What
is this the same as?
A) 200 centimetres
B) 100 centimetres
C) 20 centimetres
D) 2 centimetres
2) Which of these statements is correct?
A) 1 m is shorter than 10 cm, which is shorter than 1000 cm.
B) 10 cm is shorter than 1 m, which is shorter than 1000 cm.
C) 10 cm is shorter than 1000 cm, which is shorter than 1 m.
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3) In order to complete a project on car parking you need to measure
how much space there is. You have been given a surveyor's tape.
How long is this likely to be?
A) 10 centimetres
B) 10 metres
C) 100 metres
D) 100 centimetres
4) Which of these does not mean 'one hundred and fifty centimetres'?
A) 150 m
B) one and a half metres
C) 150 cm
D) 1 m 50 cm
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5) Counting the number of paces you take can be used to measure
length. Which of these statements is true about measuring by paces?
A) You can only measure a length up to 5 metres by counting
paces.
B) Measuring by paces gives an approximate measure, but
each person's pace is different.
C) You should not measure by paces as the law says you must
use the metre.
D) Everyone's pace is about a metre long so it is a very reliable
method.
6) Some people know their height in 'feet and inches'. What does this
mean?
A) They don't know how to measure anything.
B) They are using the wrong tape measure.
C) They think metres are too long to measure height.
D) They know about a different measuring system.
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Quiz - answers
Length and distance
Level A
1) The width of the classroom door is 75 centimetres. Which of these
statements is correct?
The correct answer is B. 75 centimetres is less than a metre.
2) How long is a pencil?
The correct answer is B. A pencil is about 15 cm long.
3) When you are drawing a plan or chart on paper in your class you use
a ruler for straight lines. How long is a ruler?
The correct answer is A. The length of a ruler is usually 30 cm.
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4) Which of these does not mean the same as five centimetres?
The correct answer is D. 5 m does not mean five centimetres - it
means five metres.
5) You can use parts of your body to make measurements. How might
you best measure the length of a room?
The correct answer is C. Counting your paces will help you measure
the length of a room.
6) Some rulers have two sets of measurements on them. One set ends
in 12 and the other ends in 30. When you are measuring in
centimetres you use the measurements that end in 30.
The correct answer is A. A standard ruler usually measures up to 30
centimetres.
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Quiz - answers
Length and distance
Level B
1) How many centimetres are there in a metre?
The correct answer is C. There are 100 centimetres in a metre.
2) You measure your friend's height in class. Which of these
measurements could be right?
The correct answer is C. Your friend's height is more likely to be 170
centimetres.
3) You are asked to measure your classroom. You are given a steel
tape. What is its maximum length likely to be?
The correct answer is A. Many steel tapes are 2 metres long.
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4) Which of these does not mean the same as 50 cm?
The correct answer is B. Fifty metres does not mean the same as 50
cm.
5) "Measure the length of the room in paces - it will be approximately
right." What does this statement mean?
The correct answer is B. This statement means counting your paces
gives a measurement, but it is only for your pace.
6) Some long rulers have two sets of measurements on them. One set
ends in 39 and the other ends in 100. When you are measuring in
centimetres you use the measurements that end in 100.
The correct answer is B. The ruler is 1 metre long, so it measures up
to 100 centimetres.
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Quiz - answers
Length and distance
Level C
1) The long side of the table in the classroom measures 2 metres. What
is this the same as?
The correct answer is A. 2 metres is the same as 200 centimetres.
2) Which of these statements is correct?
The correct answer is B. The correct statement is that 10 cm is
shorter than 1 m, which is shorter than 1000cm.
3) In order to complete a project on car parking you need to measure
how much space there is. You have been given a surveyor's tape.
How long is this likely to be?
The correct answer is B. Many surveyor's tapes are 10 metres long.
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4) Which of these does not mean 'one hundred and fifty centimetres'?
The correct answer is A. '150 m' does not mean 'one hundred and
fifty centimetres'.
5) Counting the number of paces you take can be used to measure
length. Which of these statements is true about measuring by paces?
The correct answer is B. Measuring by paces gives an approximate
measure, but each person's pace is different.
6) Some people know their height in 'feet and inches'. What does this
mean?
The correct answer is D. Some people know their height in feet and
inches. This means that they know about a different measuring
system.
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