Reading a Ruler Worksheet
Practice reading measurements on a ruler to the nearest inch and half-inch, designed for Grade 2 students.
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Reading a Ruler
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Read each question carefully and use the ruler image to find the correct measurement. Write your answers on the lines provided.
Look at the ruler and the objects. What is the length of each object to the nearest inch?
1. What is the length of the crayon?
2. How long is the pencil?
Now, let's measure to the nearest half-inch. What is the length of each object?
3. What is the length of the eraser?
4. How long is the paperclip?
Complete the sentences about measuring with a ruler.
5. A ruler is a tool used to measure .
6. The small marks between the inches on a ruler show .
Read each statement and circle True or False.
7. You should always start measuring from the very beginning of the ruler (the zero mark).
True
False
8. A half-inch mark is longer than an inch mark on a ruler.
True
False