Add and Subtract Length

A garden hose is 15 meters and 80 centimeters long. If 7 meters and 20 centimeters of the hose is cut off, how long is the remaining hose?

• 12 meters and 20 centimeters

• 8 meters and 60 centimeters

• 10 meters and 40 centimeters

• 5 meters and 30 centimeters

Tom has a piece of string that is 3 meters and 40 centimeters long. He cuts off 1 meter and 90 centimeters. How long is the string now?

• 2 meters and 30 centimeters

• 4 meters and 20 centimeters

• 3 meters and 10 centimeters

• 1 meter and 50 centimeters

A ribbon is 5 meters and 20 centimeters long. If 2 meters and 50 centimeters are cut off, how long is the remaining ribbon?

• 3 meters and 20 centimeters

• 2 meters and 70 centimeters

• 1 meter and 30 centimeters

• 4 meters and 10 centimeters

Emma has a piece of cloth that is 4 meters and 70 centimeters long. She buys another piece that is 2 meters and 90 centimeters long. How long are the pieces of cloth together?

• 5 meters and 60 centimeters

• 6 meters and 20 centimeters

• 7 meters and 60 centimeters

• 8 meters and 30 centimeters

495 cm - 79 cm = _____ cm

• 425 cm

• 415 cm

• 416 cm

• 426 cm

A piece of string is 8 meters and 40 centimeters long. If 3 meters and 60 centimeters are added to it, how long is the string now?

• 10 meters and 20 centimeters

• 12 meters and 0 centimeters

• 6 meters and 80 centimeters

• 15 meters and 40 centimeters

A ribbon is 6 meters and 30 centimeters long. If 2 meters and 80 centimeters are added to it, how long is the ribbon now?

• 8 meters and 20 centimeters

• 7 meters and 40 centimeters

• 10 meters and 50 centimeters

• 9 meters and 10 centimeters

45cm + 26 cm = __________ cm

• 69 cm

• 70 cm

• 71 cm

• 72cm

Lily has a scarf that is 1 meter and 90 centimeters long. She wants to make it shorter by cutting off 80 centimeters. How long will the scarf be after cutting?

• 1 meter and 10 centimeters

• 2 meters and 10 centimeters

• 1 meter and 50 centimeters

• 2 meters and 30 centimeters

6m 43cm + 2m 34 cm = ________m _________ cm

• 7m 73cm

• 9m 89cm

• 10m 65cm

• 8m 77cm