Metric Math: Adding and Subtracting Measurements

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of water. If you pour out 0.75 liters, how much water is left in the bottle?

• 1 liter

• 0.5 liters

• 2 liters

• 0.75 liters

A runner completed a race that was 5 kilometers long. If she ran 2.3 kilometers in the first half, how many kilometers did she run in the second half?

• 2.7 kilometers

• 4.0 kilometers

• 1.5 kilometers

• 3.5 kilometers

A recipe calls for 250 milliliters of milk. If you have 1 liter of milk, how much milk will you have left after using the required amount?

• 1 liter

• 750 milliliters

• 250 milliliters

• 500 milliliters

A car travels 120 kilometers in 2 hours. If it travels another 80 kilometers, what is the total distance traveled by the car?

• 200 kilometers

• 180 kilometers

• 220 kilometers

• 150 kilometers

You have a ribbon that is 3.5 meters long. If you cut off 1.2 meters for a project, how much ribbon do you have left?

• 3.0 meters

• 2.0 meters

• 2.3 meters

• 1.5 meters

A container holds 2.5 liters of juice. If you pour 1.2 liters into glasses, how much juice remains in the container?

• 2.0 liters

• 1.3 liters

• 1.0 liters

• 0.5 liters

A gardener planted 15 seedlings, and 7 of them were flowers. How many seedlings were not flowers?

• 5

• 10

• 8

• 12

A fish tank holds 50 liters of water. If you fill it with 30 liters, how much more water do you need to fill it completely?

• 25 liters

• 10 liters

• 15 liters

• 20 liters

You have 1.2 kilograms of flour. If you use 0.5 kilograms for a cake, how much flour do you have left?

• 0.7 kilograms

• 1.2 kilograms

• 1.0 kilograms

• 0.5 kilograms

A school has 200 meters of fencing. If they use 75 meters for a garden, how much fencing is left for other projects?

• 150 meters

• 80 meters

• 100 meters

• 125 meters