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Metric Measurement Word Problem

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

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.

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

7.

Haven was making cakes for the bake sale. The recipe said she needed 23 milliliters of water for each cake. If she wants to make 17 cakes, how many milliliters of water does she need?

a)

907

b)

40

c)

391

d)

57

8.

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

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.

The neighborhood had 12 fences. Each one was 32 meters in length. How many meters of fence does the neighborhood have?

(a)  

11.

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

12.

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

13.

A rectangular field is 50 meters long and 30 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the field?

a)

80 meters

b)

100 meters

c)

160 meters

d)

200 meters

14.

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

15.

Elizabeth had 48 pieces of ribbon that each measure 30 centimeters. How many centimeters of ribbon does she have?

a)

1,559

b)

1,440

c)

18

d)

78

16.

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)  

17.

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

18.

My cat is 48 cm tall and my dog is 26 cm taller than my cat.  How tall is my dog?

a)

14 cm

b)

74 cm

c)

83 cm

d)

22 cm

19.

Kacey has two dogs. One dog weighs 23 kilograms. The second dog weighs 12,000 grams. What is the difference in weight between her two dogs?

a)

35,000 grams

b)

12,023 grams

c)

11,977 grams

d)

11,000 grams

20.

Ed fills his water bottle with 1 liter of water. After his bike ride, he drinks 200 milliliters of the water. How much water is left in Ed's sports bottle?
***Remember: 1 liter = 1000 ml***

a)

800 mm

b)

8000 ml

c)

80 ml

d)

800 ml