Length Word Problems for 3rd Grade

Sarah has a ribbon that is 15 inches long. She cuts off a piece that is 7 inches long. How long is the remaining piece of ribbon?

• 8 inches

• 7 inches

• 6 inches

• 9 inches

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

Tom has a rope that is 24 feet long. He needs to cut it into 3 equal pieces. How long will each piece be?

• 6 feet

• 8 feet

• 7 feet

• 9 feet

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A pencil is 9 cm long. If you have 5 pencils of the same length, what is the total length of all the pencils?

• 45 cm

• 40 cm

• 50 cm

• 55 cm

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A garden hose is 30 meters long. If you use 12 meters of it to water the garden, how much hose is left?

• 18 meters

• 20 meters

• 22 meters

• 15 meters

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

A book is 2 cm thick. If you stack 10 books on top of each other, how tall is the stack?

• 20 cm

• 18 cm

• 22 cm

• 24 cm

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CCSS.3.MD.A.2

A piece of string is 50 inches long. If you cut it into 5 equal parts, how long is each part?

• 8 inches

• 10 inches

• 12 inches

• 15 inches

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A road is 100 miles long. If you have already traveled 65 miles, how many more miles do you have to travel?

• 35 miles

• 40 miles

• 45 miles

• 30 miles

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5

A ribbon is 36 inches long. If you cut it into 4 equal pieces, how long is each piece?

• 8 inches

• 9 inches

• 10 inches

• 11 inches

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A swimming pool is 25 meters long. If you swim back and forth 4 times, how many meters have you swum?

• 100 meters

• 200 meters

• 150 meters

• 125 meters

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CCSS.4.MD.A.2

A piece of wood is 60 cm long. If you cut off 15 cm, how long is the remaining piece?

• 45 cm

• 50 cm

• 55 cm

• 40 cm

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CCSS.2.MD.B.5