Quiz about Metric Word Problems

Question 1

B
A ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

Accepted Answer

13 cm

Answer

87 cm

Answer

80 cm

Answer

31 cm

Question 2

E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

Accepted Answer

38 cm

Answer

4 cm

Answer

55 cm

Answer

48 cm

Question 3

F
Ben is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

Accepted Answer

61 cm

Answer

35 cm

Answer

91 cm

Answer

55 cm

Question 4

G
A building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

Accepted Answer

48 meters

Answer

39 meters

Answer

72 meters

Answer

12 meters

Question 5

Melanie needs 24.5 meters of ribbon to decorate a package. She has 3.5 meters of green ribbon and 5 meters of blue ribbon right now. How many much more ribbon does Melanie need to buy in order to have the amount she needs?

Accepted Answer

15.5 meters

Answer

15 meters

Answer

21 meters

Answer

8.5 meters

Question 6

A brick is 90 mm thick. How tall is the wall (in meters) if it is 32 bricks high?

Accepted Answer

2.88 m

Answer

2,880 m

Answer

288.8 m

Answer

28.8 m

Question 7

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

Accepted Answer

1.4 liters

Answer

0.4 liter

Answer

0.6 liter

Answer

2.6 liters

Question 8

Leah is placing books on a one meter long shelf. If each book is 2cm wide, how many books will fit on the shelf?

Accepted Answer

50 books

Answer

18 books

Answer

5 books

Answer

10 books

Question 9

One bottle of soda holds approximately 625 mL. A fish tank holds 8 times more water than the bottle of soda. How much soda could the fish tank hold?

Accepted Answer

5,000 mL

Answer

633 mL

Answer

617 mL

Answer

5,625 mL

Question 10

A recipe calls for 750 milliliters of water. How many liters of water is this?

Accepted Answer

0.75 liters

Answer

7.5 liters

Answer

75 liters

Answer

750 liters

Question 11

Jane drinks 275 milliliters of juice from a one liter container. How much juice is left? Select all correct answers.

Accepted Answer

7.25 dL

Accepted Answer

725 mL

Accepted Answer

72.5 cL

Answer

7.25 cL

Answer

72.5 dL

Question 12

Walt grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. He is now 1.6 m tall. How tall was he 1 year ago?

Accepted Answer

150 cm

Answer

100 cm

Answer

1.5 m

Answer

1.7 m

Question 13

A car travels a distance of 150 kilometers. How many meters did the car travel?

Accepted Answer

150,000 meters

Answer

1500 meters

Answer

15,000 meters

Answer

1,500,000 meters

Question 14

A tank can hold 4500 liters of water. How many milliliters of water can it hold?

Accepted Answer

4,500,000 milliliters

Answer

45,000 milliliters

Answer

450,000 milliliters

Answer

45,000,000 milliliters

Question 15

Tyler had 3 pieces of bubble tape he wanted to share with his friends. To do this he would need 14 m of gum. One piece was 2.5 m long The other two pieces were 5 m and 4.5 m long Does he have enough bubble tape ?

Accepted Answer

no

Answer

yes

Question 16

I had a ball of wool. I cut a 12 cm piece off and had 76 cm left. How much wool did I begin with?

Accepted Answer

88 cm

Answer

64 cm

Answer

33 cm

Answer

29 cm

Metric Word Problems

20 questions

B
A ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

F
Ben is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

G
A building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

Melanie needs 24.5 meters of ribbon to decorate a package. She has 3.5 meters of green ribbon and 5 meters of blue ribbon right now. How many much more ribbon does Melanie need to buy in order to have the amount she needs?

A brick is 90 mm thick. How tall is the wall (in meters) if it is 32 bricks high?

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water each. How much water remains in the pitcher? ANSWER IN DECIMAL/LITRES

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?
Where on the strip diagram is the unknown?

Leah is placing books on a one meter long shelf. If each book is 2cm wide, how many books will fit on the shelf?

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Metric Word Problems

20 questions

BA ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

EI have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

FBen is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

GA building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

Melanie needs 24.5 meters of ribbon to decorate a package. She has 3.5 meters of green ribbon and 5 meters of blue ribbon right now. How many much more ribbon does Melanie need to buy in order to have the amount she needs?

A brick is 90 mm thick. How tall is the wall (in meters) if it is 32 bricks high?

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water each. How much water remains in the pitcher? ANSWER IN DECIMAL/LITRES

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?Where on the strip diagram is the unknown?

Leah is placing books on a one meter long shelf. If each book is 2cm wide, how many books will fit on the shelf?

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B
A ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

F
Ben is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

G
A building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?
Where on the strip diagram is the unknown?