Measurement Word Problems

Mike has a square brownie with sides that are each five inches long. He cuts the brownie in half to share with a friend. What is the area of each brownie half?

• 12.5 square inches

• 6.25 square inches

• 25 square inches

• 10 inches

Jason earns $8 per hour mowing lawns. At the end of the week he had earned $224. How many hours did he mow lawns?

• 24 hours

• 18 hours

• 28 hours

• 8 hours

Andy's family drove 3 kilometers to the grocery store. How many meters did they drive?

• 2,400

• 3m

• 200m

• 3,000 m

Ajay is allowed to watch 2 hours of television on Saturdays. Each episode of his favorite show lasts 30 minutes. How many shows can he watch on Saturday?

• 4 shows

• 2 shows

• 10 shows

• 1 show

The grocery store opens at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday. If Tiana arrives at the grocery store at 10:15 a.m., how long will she have to wait for it to open?

• 45 minutes

• 30 minutes

• 20 minutes

• 17 minutes

Jewel buys 3 yards of fabric to make a cat bed. She starts the project by cutting 4 feet of fabric off the end. How many feet long is the remaining piece of fabric?

• 5 feet

• 12 feet

• 9 feet

• 17 feet

Kim's cat is 12 inches tall.  How many feet is her cat?

• 2 feet

• 3 feet

• 1 foot

Dana's softball bat is 1 meter long.  How many centimeters is her bat?

• 100

• 24

• 12

Jennifer is measuring the capacity of the fish tank at the zoo. There are 389 gallons of water inside the tank. If Jennifer adds 119 more gallons of water, how many gallons of water will be in the tank?

• 270 gallons

• 119 gallons

• 508 gallons

• 498 gallons

Dylan is making cakes for a bake sale. The recipe said he needed 3 cups of flour for each cake. If Dylan wants to make 6 cakes, how many cups of flour does he need?

• 9 cups

• 18 cups

• 3 cups

• 21 cups