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Maths · Grade 2 · Set A
How much longer
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Remember: How much longer is the gap between two lengths. Missing the whole? Add. Missing a part? Take away.

Find the gap

Missing the whole? Add. Missing a part? Take away.

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How much longer is the crayon than the pencil? Write the number of inches: in
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How much longer is the crayon than the pencil? Write the number of centimeters: cm
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The ribbon is 35 cm. The string is 21 cm. How much longer is the ribbon than the string?
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Sam's ribbon is 54 cm. Sam ties on a piece 14 cm long. How long is the ribbon now?
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A ribbon is 72 cm. Sam cuts off 59 cm. How long is the ribbon now?
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The ribbon is 93 cm and the string is 42 cm. The jumps go from 42 to 93. How much longer is the ribbon?
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The crayon is 5 inches longer than the pencil.
TrueFalse
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Lee's rope is 94 cm. It is 17 cm longer than Lee's stick. How do you find the stick?
94 + 1794 − 1717 − 94
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Lee's stick is 34 cm. Lee's rope is 14 cm longer than the stick. How long is the rope?
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Lee's rope is 77 cm. It is 27 cm longer than Lee's stick. How long is the stick?
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Join each clue to what you do.
  1. 1The whole is missing
  2. 2A part is missing
  3. 3How much longer?
  • AAdd the parts
  • BTake the part from the whole
  • CFind the gap between the two
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To find how much longer, you can count up from the shorter length to the longer one.
TrueFalse
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The ribbon is 71 cm and the string is 36 cm. The jumps go from 36 to 71. How much longer is the ribbon?
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Draw a bar that is 3 squares longer than this one.
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Tell how you find how much longer a 52 cm rope is than a 30 cm rope.
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Answer key · Set A
How much longer
16 The pencil ends at 4 and the crayon at 10. Count the spaces from 4 to 10: 6.
25 The pencil ends at 8 and the crayon at 13. 13 take away 8 is 5.
314 The gap is the missing part. 35 take away 21 is 14.
468 The whole is missing, so add: 54 and 14 make 68.
513 A part is missing, so take away: 72 take away 59 is 13.
651 Add the jumps: 8 and 40 and 3 make 51.
7False The pencil ends at 3 and the crayon at 9. 9 take away 3 is 6, not 5.
894 − 17 A part is missing, so take away: the stick is 94 take away 17.
948 The whole is missing, so add: 34 and 14 make 48.
1050 A part is missing, so take away: 77 take away 27 is 50.
111-A, 2-B, 3-C
12True Counting up from the shorter length fills the gap, and the gap is how much longer.
1335 Add the jumps: 4 and 30 and 1 make 35.
15Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
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