Metric Length Word Problems

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

Mary buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?

• 220 cm

• 200 cm

• 1000 cm

• 790 cm

John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?

• John rode further by 1000 km

• Sally rode further by

  1000 km

• John rode further

  by 1 km

• Sally rode further

  by 1 km

Convert 45 mm to centimeters.

• 0.45 cm

• 0.045 cm

• 450 cm

• 4.5 cm

• 8 m

• 8

• 800 m

• 80 m

Main street is 2.6 km long. There are 13 sets of stop signs on Main street, each the same distance apart. How many meters apart are the stop signs?

• 20 meters

• 50 meters

• 200 meters

• 500 meters

A race is 5 kilometers long. There are 16 water stops evenly spread throughout the course. How far apart are the water stops, in meters?

• 31.25 meters

• 37.5 meters

• 312.5 meters

• 375 meters

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

• 100 cm

• 150 cm

• 1.5 m

• 1.7 m

The width of the soccer goal is 7.2 m. The team decides to make the goal bigger by moving both cones 6 cm wider on each side. What is the new width of the goal in meters?

On Monday, your bus drives 5.6 km to school. On Tuesday, your bus takes a different route home that is 950 m shorter. What is the length of the shortcut in kilometers?