Much of the work in Year 2 on length will be great fun, based on practical activities, including measuring in centimetres and metres for the first time.

However, as well as this practical work children are also expected to use their knowledge of the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division) to solve problems related to length and height. Our latest sets of worksheets are focussed on this, with a great selection of measurement problems.

It is important that children understand that the units of measurement need to be the same when adding and subtracting, and most of our questions reflect this. However, we have included one or two straightforward questions where 50 cm is subtracted from a whole number of metres. Calculating with mixed units generally comes later.

Why not have a look at our latest pages on measurement.