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Taller and shorter
Joyful Mathematics: Chapter 7
GoalCompare heights and find the tallest and the shortest.
New words
tall · a long way from bottom to topshort · not talltallest, shortest · the most tall, the least tall
Explanation
Look at the three trees. The middle tree is the tallest. The tree on the right is the shortest. The tree on the left is taller than the tree on the right. It is shorter than the middle tree. We use tall and short to talk about height.
Worked examples
A giraffe is taller than a goat. A goat is shorter than a giraffe.
In the room, the first person is the tallest. The last person is the shortest.
Stand back to back with a friend. Your heads show who is taller.
Class activity
Cup towers. Build three towers with plastic cups or small boxes. Make one tower with 6, one with 4 and one with 9. Say which is the tallest and which is the shortest. Then make a tower taller than the shortest one but shorter than the tallest one.
Practice
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Which palm tree is the tallest?
The middle one.
2
Which is shorter, the ox or the elephant?
The ox.
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Ananya is taller than Kabir. Kabir is taller than Zoya. Who is the shortest?
Zoya.
4
Is a door taller than a chair?
Yes.
5
Which candle is the shortest?
The first candle, on the left.