Time and Measurement Word Problems

Charlotte is trying out for the swim team. She swims 1 lap time a day to get in shape. If she swims in a swimming pool that is 50 meters long on Thursday and Friday, how many meters does she swim in one week? Figure out how many laps she swims in a week, then multiply by 50.

• 51

• 20

• 100

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Art is trying out for the basketball team. He runs  5 times a week to get in shape. If he runs for 15 minutes on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, how many minutes does he run in one week? 

• 150

• 22

• 75

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Juan's dad let's him cook the family dinner 2 times a week. He cooks with a lot of butter. If he uses 4 tablespoons of butter each time he cooks, how much butter does he use in a week?

• 4 tablespoons

• 6 tablespoons

• 8 tablespoons

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

Santa's sleigh gets heavier each year. Last year hey sleigh weighed 200 pounds. It is predicted that his sleigh will weigh 2 times as much this year. How many pounds will Santa's sleigh weight.

• 202 pounds

• 400 pounds

• 198 pounds

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Winston has 5 feet and 11 inches of string. How many inches of string does Winston have?

• 26 inches

• 60 inches

• 71 inches

• 511 inches

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CCSS.4.MD.A.1

CCSS.5.MD.A.1

A snake was 35 inches long. Now it is 57 inches long. How much did the snake grow?

• 22 inches

• 92 inches

• 29 inches

• 20 inches

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

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Jenna's hair was 39 inches long. She got a haircut and now her hair is 25 inches long. How many inches did she cut off?

• 64 inches

• 14 cm

• 14 inches

• 78 inches

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

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Esperanza decides that the tail she has made for her kite is too long and cuts off 11 cm. Now the kite's tail is 39 cm. How long was the tail to begin with?

• 50 cm

• 28 cm

• 70 cm

• 13 cm

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

Jandee was 46 inches tall when she was in 2nd grade and 56 inches tall when she was in 3rd grade. How many inches did she grow over the summer?

• 20 inches

• 100 inches

• 10 inches

• 45 inches

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

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Tom has a thick rope. After he cut the rope and he gave 25 meters to his brother he still had 50 meters left. How much rope did Tom have to begin with?

• 75 meters

• 25 meters

• 64 meters

• 57 meters

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5