Measurement Word Problems

A baby elephant has a mass of 14 kilograms. The mass of the mother elephant is 5 times heavier than the mass of the baby elephant. What is the mass of the mother elephant?

• 9 kg

• 19 kg

• 60 kg

• 84 kg

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A container is filled with 20 liters of syrup. Iris fills some bottles with syrup from the container. Each bottle contains 2 liters of syrup. How many bottles of syrup can she fill?

• 2 bottles

• 10 bottles

• 22 bottles

• 40 bottles

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A watering tin contained 1 liter of water.

Some water was used to water some plants.

There were 350 milliliters of water left.

How many milliliters of water were used?

• 1 L

• 250 ml

• 350 ml

• 650 ml

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Luis had 2 kilograms of sugar.

He used 420 grams of it.

What was the mass of sugar left?

Write your answer in kilograms and grams.

• 220 g

• 1580 g

• 1 kg 580 g

• 2 kg 420 g

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Daniel has three oranges that all have the same mass. The mass is shown on the scale.

What is the mass of one orange?

• 100 g

• 300 g

• 600 g

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

James bought 800 grams of gumballs on Monday.

He bought 900 grams of gumballs on Tuesday.

What was the total mass of gumballs that he bought?

Write your answer in kilograms and grams.

• 100 g

• 1,700 g

• 1 kg 700 g

• 1 kg 900 g

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Mrs. Brooks has 8 cups of water.

Each cup contains 125 milliliters of water.

She pours all the water into a container.

How many liters of water will there be in the container?

• 125 ml

• 1,000 ml

• 1 L

• 8 L

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1

The mass of a papaya was 1 kilogram.

A watermelon was 850 grams heavier than the papaya.

What was the mass of the watermelon?

Write your answer in kilograms and grams.

• 150 g

• 1,850 g

• 1 kg 500 g

• 1 kg 850 g

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

There were 1 liter 200 milliliters of water in Container A.

It had 800 milliliters more water than Container B.

How many milliliters of water were there in Container B?

• 400 ml

• 2,000 ml

• 2 L

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

Charles needs to use 5 wooden blocks for his project.

Each block weighs 700 grams.

What is the total mass of the blocks?

Give your answer in kilograms and grams.

• 1 kg 700 g

• 3 kg 500 g

• 5 kg 700 g

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CCSS.5.MD.A.1