
The length of a table is about handspans, the length of a black-board is about handspans. Which is shorter? By how many handspans?
Important Questions on Long and Short
Velu is tall. Her friend Babu is tall. Who is taller and by how much?


Jim bought two pieces of cloth one measuring and the other .Find the length of the cloth?


A shop has of cloth at the start of day. If of cloth are sold by afternoon, how much is left?

Maya had a rope of length . She cut it into two parts. The length of first part is . What is the length of the other part in

Agathiya bought of wire to fence his garden. He used only of wire. Find the length of the remaining wire.(Write the answer in format in the given box. Where is the answer.)

Vidhi has red ribbon and blue ribbon. Find the total length of the two ribbons

Lisa walks to school every day. Her school is away from her house. What distance does she walks each day to go to school and return back home?
Write the answer in .

Length of a piece of a rope is and the length of another piece of rope is . Find the difference between the lengths of the two ropes.



A piece of cloth measured . A tailor used from it. How much cloth was left?

The length of a goods train is . The length of a passenger train is . Which train is more in length? And by how much?


An earthworm first crawls and then . How much length does it cover in all If the required answer is of the form , then find the value of .


A cloth is . It is cut into two pieces. If the length of one piece is . What is the length of the other piece?

What length of pipe would you get by joining a pipe long to another pipe long?

