Length and Weight Word Problems

If a pencil is 15 centimeters long and a ruler is 30 centimeters long, how much longer is the ruler than the pencil?

• 10 centimeters

• 15 centimeters

• 25 centimeters

• 5 centimeters

Sara ran 2 kilometers, while John ran 1500 meters. Who ran a longer distance and by how much?

• Sara ran a longer distance by 0.5 kilometers.

• John ran a longer distance by 0.5 kilometers.

• John ran a longer distance by 500 meters.

• Sara ran a longer distance by 1 kilometer.

A truck weighs 5000 kilograms and a car weighs 2 tons. How much heavier is the truck than the car?

• 500 kilograms

• 3000 kilograms

• 2000 kilograms

• 2 tons

If a bag of rice weighs 1500 grams and a bag of flour weighs 2 kilograms, how much heavier is the bag of flour?

• The bag of flour is the same weight as the bag of rice.

• The bag of flour is 2 kilograms heavier than the bag of rice.

• The bag of flour is 1500 grams heavier than the bag of rice.

• The bag of flour is 500 grams heavier than the bag of rice.

A rope is 5 meters long and a chain is 300 centimeters long. How much longer is the chain than the rope?

• The chain is 20 centimeters longer than the rope.

• The chain is 200 centimeters longer than the rope.

• The chain is 3 meters longer than the rope.

• The chain is the same length as the rope.

If a marathon is 42 kilometers long and a half marathon is 21 kilometers long, how much shorter is the half marathon?

• 10 kilometers

• 21 kilometers

• 15 kilometers

• 30 kilometers

A blue whale weighs 200,000 kilograms and an elephant weighs 5 tons. How much heavier is the blue whale than the elephant?

• The blue whale is 195,000 kilograms heavier than the elephant.

• The blue whale is 100,000 kilograms heavier than the elephant.

• The blue whale is 50,000 kilograms heavier than the elephant.

• The blue whale is 10,000 kilograms heavier than the elephant.

If a bookshelf is 2 meters long and a table is 150 centimeters long, how much longer is the bookshelf?

• 0.5 meters

• 1.5 meters

• 200 centimeters

• 3 meters

A bag of apples weighs 3 kilograms and a bag of oranges weighs 2500 grams. How much heavier is the bag of apples?

• 750 grams

• 1 kilogram

• 500 grams

• 2 kilograms

If a race track is 5 kilometers long and a bicycle track is 3000 meters long, how much shorter is the bicycle track?

• 3000 meters

• 5000 meters

• 2000 meters

• 1000 meters