Compare Two Lengths is a free printable Grade 2 math worksheet on a length in meters against one in centimeters, aligned to Common Core standard 2.MD.A.1. It prints 12 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
2.MD.A.1
Write < , > or = between the lengths.
LessonPrint · 2.MD.A.1 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
It practices a length in meters against one in centimeters — 12 questions for Grade 2, all on Common Core 2.MD.A.1: Measure things with a ruler. The instruction to students is “Write < , > or = between the lengths”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.2.MD.A.1 — 2.MD.A.1, under Measurement & Data for Grade 2. The published standard reads: “Measure the length of an object by selecting and using appropriate tools such as rulers, yardsticks, meter sticks, and measuring tapes.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
Compare Two Lengths is written for Grade 2, typically ages 7-8. It is one of the sheets on 2.MD.A.1, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Yes. All 12 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Yes. Compare Two Lengths, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
Yes — “Measuring with a Ruler” is a 45-minute Grade 2 plan for 2.MD.A.1, timed section by section, with the misconceptions to expect and an exit ticket. Compare Two Lengths is the practice that follows it.
Measure things with a ruler.
Teaching this next? Measuring with a Ruler is the 45-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.
Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to 2.MD.A.1 of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics.