Metric Word Problems

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

• 87 cm

• 13 cm

• 80 cm

• 31 cm

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

• 38 cm

• 4 cm

• 55 cm

• 48 cm

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

• 35 cm

• 91 cm

• 55 cm

• 61 cm

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?

• 39 meters

• 48 meters

• 72 meters

• 12 meters

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?

• 15.5 meters

• 15 meters

• 21 meters

• 8.5 meters

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

• 2,880 m

• 288.8 m

• 28.8 m

• 2.88 m

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?

• 0.4 liter

• 0.6 liter

• 1.4 liters

• 2.6 liters

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?

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4.8.C

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

• 18 books

• 50 books

• 5 books

• 10 books