Metric Conversions Word Problems

Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together? (answer in cm)

• 80 cm

• 800 cm

• 800 mm

• 80 mm

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

• 100 cm

• 150 cm

• 1.5 m

• 1.7 m

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Mary buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?

• 220 cm

• 200 cm

• 1000 cm

• 790 cm

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A 30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that be in milligrams

• 5 mg

• 50 mg

• 500 mg

• 55 mg

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Chase measured a line for his art project. It is 200 millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?

• 200 cm

• 2 cm

• 20 cm

• 2,000 cm

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Cheryl is moving to a new house. Her old house is 3 kilometers from her new house. What is the difference between the old house and the new house in meters?

• 3000 meters

• 3 meters

• 300 meters

• 330 meters

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Steven goes to the grocery store and is looking at a winter squash. It has a mass of 1.8 kilograms. How many grams is the winter squash?

• 1.8 grams

• 180 grams

• 1,800 grams

• 18,000 grams

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The diameter of a coin is 26 mm. Matthew lined up 57 coins from the left end of his desk to the right end of his desk. What is the width (measured in cm) of his desk?

• 14,820 mm

• 148.2 cm

• 14.82 cm

• 148.2 mm

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Carlo is 175 cm tall while his friend Reggie is 1,680 mm tall. After 1 years, Carlo grew by 40 mm and Reggie grew by 7 cm. Which of the two is taller ? How much taller in centimeters?

• Carlos is taller 40 cm

• Reggie is taller by 40 cm

• Carlos is taller by 4 cm

• Reggie is taller by 4 cm

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

• 2,880 m

• 288.8 m

• 28.8 m

• 2.88 m

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