Measuring Up: Length Challenges in Customary & Metric

A piece of ribbon is 3 feet long. You cut off 1 foot. How long is the ribbon now in feet?

• 2 feet

• 1 foot

• 3 feet

• 4 feet

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

A pencil is 15 centimeters long. If you sharpen it and it becomes 2 centimeters shorter, what is its new length in centimeters?

• 14

• 13

• 12

• 10

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

You have a 2-meter long rope. You need to cut it into two pieces: one piece is 75 centimeters long. How long is the other piece in meters?

• 2.5 meters

• 1.25 meters

• 1.5 meters

• 0.75 meters

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

A garden is 10 feet wide and 20 feet long. What is the total perimeter of the garden in feet?

• 60 feet

• 80 feet

• 40 feet

• 100 feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

A bottle holds 1.5 liters of water. If you pour out 0.5 liters, how much water is left in the bottle in liters?

• 1.0 liters

• 1.5 liters

• 0.5 liters

• 2.0 liters

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

You walked 3 kilometers to the park and then 2 kilometers to the store. How far did you walk in total in kilometers?

• 7 kilometers

• 4 kilometers

• 5 kilometers

• 6 kilometers

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A book is 25 centimeters tall. If you stack 3 books on top of each other, what is the total height in centimeters?

• 30 centimeters

• 75 centimeters

• 100 centimeters

• 50 centimeters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

You have a 12-inch long sandwich. You eat 4 inches of it. How much sandwich is left in inches?

• 8 inches

• 12 inches

• 6 inches

• 10 inches

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

A swimming pool is 5 meters long and 3 meters wide. What is the total area of the pool in square meters?

• 10 square meters

• 20 square meters

• 15 square meters

• 12 square meters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.3

CCSS.3.MD.C.7B

You have a 10-foot long piece of string. If you use 3 feet of it for a project, how much string do you have left in feet?

• 5 feet

• 7 feet

• 10 feet

• 3 feet

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5