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Metric Word Problems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

B
A ribbon was 50 cm long. After I cut some off, 37 cm was left. How much did I cut off?

a)

87 cm

b)

13 cm

c)

80 cm

d)

31 cm

2.

E
I have 3 pencils. The pencils are 17cm, 12cm, and 9cm. What is the total length of all my pencils?

a)

38 cm

b)

4 cm

c)

55 cm

d)

48 cm

3.

F
Ben is 48 cm tall. Mike is 13 cm taller than Ben. How tall is Mike?

a)

35 cm

b)

91 cm

c)

55 cm

d)

61 cm

4.

G
A building is 60 meters tall. A tree near the building is 12 meters tall. How much taller is the building than the tree?

a)

39 meters

b)

48 meters

c)

72 meters

d)

12 meters

5.

Melanie needs 24.5 meters of ribbon to decorate a package. She has 3.5 meters of green ribbon and 5 meters of blue ribbon right now. How many much more ribbon does Melanie need to buy in order to have the amount she needs?

a)

15.5 meters

b)

15 meters

c)

21 meters

d)

8.5 meters

6.

A brick is 90 mm thick. How tall is the wall (in meters) if it is 32 bricks high?

a)

2,880 m

b)

288.8 m

c)

28.8 m

d)

2.88 m

7.

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

a)

0.4 liter

b)

0.6 liter

c)

1.4 liters

d)

2.6 liters

8.

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water each. How much water remains in the pitcher? ANSWER IN DECIMAL/LITRES

(a)  

9.

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?

Where on the strip diagram is the unknown?

10.

Leah is placing books on a one meter long shelf. If each book is 2cm wide, how many books will fit on the shelf?

a)

18 books

b)

50 books

c)

5 books

d)

10 books

11.

One bottle of soda holds approximately 625 mL. A fish tank holds 8 times more water than the bottle of soda. How much soda could the fish tank hold?

a)

633 mL

b)

617 mL

c)

5,000 mL

d)

5,625 mL

12.

A recipe calls for 750 milliliters of water. How many liters of water is this?

a)

0.75 liters

b)

7.5 liters

c)

75 liters

d)

750 liters

13.

On Monday, your bus drives 5.6 km to school. On Tuesday, your bus takes a different route home that is 950 m shorter. What is the length of the shortcut in kilometers?

(a)  

14.

Jane drinks 275 milliliters of juice from a one liter container. How much juice is left? Select all correct answers.

a)

725 mL

b)

7.25 dL

c)

72.5 cL

d)

7.25 cL

e)

72.5 dL

15.

Walt grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. He is now 1.6 m tall. How tall was he 1 year ago?

a)

100 cm

b)

150 cm

c)

1.5 m

d)

1.7 m

16.

A car travels a distance of 150 kilometers. How many meters did the car travel?

a)

1500 meters

b)

15,000 meters

c)

150,000 meters

d)

1,500,000 meters

17.

A tank can hold 4500 liters of water. How many milliliters of water can it hold?

a)

45,000 milliliters

b)

450,000 milliliters

c)

4,500,000 milliliters

d)

45,000,000 milliliters

18.

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher? ANSWER IN DECIMAL/LITRES

(a)  

19.

Tyler had 3 pieces of bubble tape he wanted to share with his friends. To do this he would need 14 m of gum. One piece was 2.5 m long The other two pieces were 5 m and 4.5 m long Does he have enough bubble tape ?

a)

yes

b)

no

20.

I had a ball of wool. I cut a 12 cm piece off and had 76 cm left. How much wool did I begin with?

a)

64 cm

b)

88 cm

c)

33 cm

d)

29 cm