Comparing two lengths needs no numbers at all, only a shared starting point. These free printable worksheets show two objects lined up at one edge and ask a child to circle the longer or the shorter, with an answer sheet.
If they get stuck
The answer key prints on a separate page.
The dashed start line is the whole lesson. When two things begin at the same place, only the far ends matter, and a child can see which reaches further. Without it, a thing that merely sits further along the page can look longer, which is a very common mistake at this age.
Half the questions ask for the shorter one, so a child has to listen to the word and not just pick the bigger thing. That is the language this page is really building, and saying the sentence out loud helps: the snake is longer than the pencil.
Circle the shorter one.
