Measurement word problems
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1. Two tables are 65 cm and 87 cm long.
What is their total length in metres? ............................................................
2. Two shelves are 1.5 metres and 1.75 metres long.
What is the difference in their lengths in centimetres? ..................................
3. A family set off to travel 483 miles by car. They stop
after 356 miles. How much further do they have to go? ...............................
4. A potato weighs about 240 g.
Roughly how much do 10 potatoes weigh? .................................................
5. A calculator weighs 55 grams.
How much do 10 calculators weigh? ............................................................
6. A bottle of ketchup holds 400 millilitres.
A tablespoon of ketchup is 20 millilitres.
How many tablespoons of ketchup are there in a bottle? ..........................
7. A full jug holds 1 ½ litres of orange juice.
A full glass holds ¼ of a litre.
How many glasses can be filled by a jug of orange juice? .........................
8. Change this recipe for flapjacks for 8 people to a recipe for 16 people:
Butter 200 g ........
Sugar 200 g ........
Honey 200 g ........
Oats 400 g ........
Nuts and fruit 50 g ........
How much would the total ingredients weigh for 16 people? .......................
9. Each side of a regular pentagon is 13 cm long.
How long is its perimeter? ...........................................................................
10. Sam watched the sports car race round a 60 mile circuit.
It took 30 minutes to complete one circuit.
How many miles did it travel in one minute? .................................................
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Measurement word problems
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1. Two shelves are 75 cm and 67 cm long.
What is their total length in metres? ..............................................................
2. Two cupboards are 1.4 metres and 1.95 metres long.
What is the difference in their lengths in centimetres? ..................................
3. A family set off on holiday which is 437 miles away. They stop
after 109 miles. How much further do they have to go? ...............................
4. A potato weighs about 250 grams.
Roughly how much do 20 potatoes weigh? .................................................
5. A piece of paper weighs 6 grams.
How much do 1000 sheets of paper weigh? ...............................................
6. A bottle of ketchup holds 500 millilitres.
A tablespoon of ketchup is 20 millilitres.
How many tablespoons of ketchup are there in a bottle? ..........................
7. A full jug holds 2 ½ litres of cola.
A full glass holds ¼ of a litre of cola.
How many glasses can be filled by a jug of cola? .........................
8. Change these ingredients for one cake to make two cakes:
Butter 175 g ........
Sugar 175 g ........
Flour 250 g ........
Eggs 3 ........
Lemon 1 ........
How much would the total of butter and sugar weigh for 2 cakes? ...............
9. Each side of a regular hexagon is 15 cm long.
How long is its perimeter? ...........................................................................
10. The athletes ran on a 6 mile circuit round the town.
It took 30 minutes to complete one circuit.
About how long did it take to run one mile .................................................
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Measurement word problems
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Answers
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1. 1.52 m 2. 25 cm 3. 127 miles 4. 2400g or 2.4 kg 5. 550g
6. 20 tablespoons 7. 6
8. Butter 400 g
Sugar 400 g
Honey 400 g
Oats 800 g
Nuts and fruit 100 g
Total 2100g or 2.1 kg
9. 65 cm
10. 2 miles
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1. 1.42 m 2. 55 cm 3. 328 miles 4. 5000 g or 5 kg 5. 6000 g or 6 kg
6. 25 tablespoons 7. 10
8. Butter 350 g
Sugar 350 g
Flour 500 g
Eggs 6
Lemon 2
700g
9. 90 cm
10. 5 minutes
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