Adding and Subtracting Metric Measurements

Add the measurements and express the answer in mixed units.

345 cm + 296 cm

• 543 cm

• 6 m 41 cm

• 5 m 38 cm

• 641 cm

Add the measurements and express the answer in mixed units.

35 L 329 mL + 18 L 789 mL

• 54 L 118 mL

• 53 L 118 mL

• 43,018 mL

• 1 L 171 mL

Add the measurements and express the answer in the smaller unit (meters).

3 km + 2 km 109 m

• 114 m

• 539 km

• 5,109 m

• 5 km 19 m

Subtract the measurements and express the answer in mixed units.

12 km 432 m - 7 km 906 m

• 4 km 526 m

• 5 km 534 m

• 11,636 m

• 11 km 636 m

Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together? (answer in cm)

• 80 cm

• 800 cm

• 800 mm

• 80 mm

Faith used 59cm of ribbon. Gopal used 62cm of ribbon. What is the length of ribbon that both of them used altogether? Leave your answer in metres and centimetres.

• 111cm

• 1m 11cm

• 121cm

• 1m 21cm

On Saturday, Emanuel drank 1 liters 350 milliliters of water. On Sunday, he drank some more. If Emanuel drank a total of 3 liters 123 milliliters of water on Saturday and Sunday, how many milliliters of water did Emanuel drink on Sunday?

• 4,473 ml

• 1,000 L

• 1,773 ml

• 17,730

Sylvia ran 3 km 290 m in the morning. Then, she ran some more in the evening. If she ran a total of 10 km, how far did Sylvia run in the evening?

​ (a)   km ​ (b)   m

• 6

• 710

• 5

• 7

• 715

• 700

• 720

Grace made a scarf by knitting red and white yarn. The red section was 148 cm long. The white section was 185 cm long. After kitting the sections together, Grace realized the scarf was too long. She took out 34 cm of stitches. What is the length of Grace’s finished scarf (in cm)?

Mathematical Equivalence

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4 m + 88 cm = ___________cm

• 488 m

• 488 cm

• 4,088 km

• 4,088 cm