Grade 1 Math — Longer, shorter, heavier, lighter

Compare two things side by side and say which is longer, shorter, heavier or lighter.

Name: ________________________

Before you start

This balance has a weight on each side and three spare weights below it. Try to make the two sides match, and watch the beam while you do.

The side that goes down is always the heavier side, and the beam only sits level when the two sides weigh the same.

1.Tap the tallest tree.
Write the number of the part.
2.Write the opposite of 'heavier'.
3.The balance has tipped. Tap the lighter bag.
Write the number of the part.
4.Put these in order, lightest first.
- A car
- A book
- A pencil
- A feather
5.Tap the longer ribbon.
Write the number of the part.
6.Which is lighter, a stone or a feather?
- a) A school bag
- b) A stone
- c) A brick
- d) A feather
7.Sort each thing by whether it is lighter or heavier than a school bag.
Groups: Lighter than a school bag · Heavier than a school bag
- An elephant
- A pencil
- A car
- A feather
- A leaf
- A table
8.Which is longer, a bus or a bicycle?
- a) A pencil
- b) A bus
- c) A shoe
- d) A bicycle

1. 2 — Second tree
2. lighter
3. 1 — Left bag
4. 1. A feather 2. A pencil 3. A book 4. A car
5. 1 — Top ribbon
6. d) A feather
7. A feather → Lighter than a school bag; A pencil → Lighter than a school bag; A leaf → Lighter than a school bag; A car → Heavier than a school bag; An elephant → Heavier than a school bag; A table → Heavier than a school bag
8. b) A bus