Compare by lookingTaller or shorter
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Each pair stands on the same floor. Look at the tops.
1Circle the taller one.
2Circle the taller one.
3Circle the shorter one.
4Circle the taller one.
5Circle the shorter one.
6Circle the shorter one.
Taller or shorter worksheets
Standing two children back to back is the first height comparison anyone makes. These free printable worksheets stand two objects on one floor and ask a child to circle the taller or the shorter, with an answer sheet.
If they get stuck
Taller or shorter
The answer key prints on a separate page.
What's on this sheet
The shared floor does the same job here as a start line does for length. Because both things stand on it, only the tops need comparing. Towers, trees, flowers and candles look quite different from each other, and that is useful, because a child has to compare the height and not be distracted by how wide or how bushy a thing is.
Why this sheet works
Tall and short are also easy words to mix up with big and small. A squat tree can be bigger in every other way and still be shorter than a thin candle. If a child picks the wider one, point at the two tops and ask which is closer to the ceiling.
How this one works
Circle the taller one.
candle on the rightistaller
taller→candle on the right
- Both stand on the same floor, so only the tops matter. The candle on the right reaches higher, so it is taller.
- The question asks for the taller one: the candle on the right.