Measurement Word Problems

Tony walks 2 miles to school each day. He also walks home from school. How many miles will he have walked in one five-day school week?

• 1,760 yards

• 20 miles

• 10 miles

• 40 miles

How much does Marcella weigh?

• 80 pounds

• 81 pounds

• 84 pounds

• 88 pounds

Carl has three dogs. Spot weighs 27 pounds. Rascal weighs 6 pounds more than Fluffy. Fluffy weighs 8 pounds more than Spot. How much do all three dogs weigh together?

• 95 pounds

• 35 pounds

• 33 pounds

• 71 pounds

On a map, one inch is equal to 125 miles. There are six inches between Happyville and Glumtown. How many miles are between the two towns?

• 21 miles

• 750 miles

• 721 miles

• 631 miles

Jake is making waffles. His recipe calls for 2 cups of sugar, but Jake can not find the measuring cups anywhere. The only measuring spoon he can find is for 1 ounce. How many ounces of sugar will Jake need to make the waffles?

• 16 ounces

• 8 ounces

• 1 ounce

• 20 ounces

An African Elephant drinks about 42 gallons of water each day. How many pints of water does an African Elephant drink in a week?

• 168 pints

• 672 pints

• 336 pints

• 5 pints

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

Molly was packing books in a box to send to a friend. The box cannot weigh more than 2kg. If each book has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number of books she can send?

• 100 books

• 1,000 books

• 10 books

• 1 book

A bead shop sells their tiniest beads by the pound. A new shipment of beads weighing 2 pounds is divided into 8 equal sized bags.How many ounces of beads are in each bag?

• 12 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 2 ounces