Solving Problems Involving Length

Mrs. Mitchell's class made a 132 ft. paper chain by linking two chains together. If the boys made an 89 ft. long paper chain, how long was the girls' paper chain?

• 221 ft.

• 43 ft.

• 157 ft.

• 163 ft.

Ryan, Steven, and Aden participated in a 50-yard relay race. Each participant ran 50-yards. What is the total distance ran by the participants?

• 150 yards

• 200 yards

• 15 yards

• 100 yards

Shasmeen measured 5 picture frames to hang on the wall. Four frames were each 11 inches wide, and the last frame was 2 inches shorter than the others. What was the width of the frames combined?

• 44 in.

• 57 in.

• 46 in.

• 53 in.

Jeremiah & Emma are making a tree house swing. Jeremiah has a rope that is 75 inches long. Emma has a rope that is 127 inches long. If they connected their ropes, how long would the new rope be?

• 52 in.

• 202 in.

• 192 in.

• 102 in.

Mary had four pieces of bacon. Each slice was 7 inches long. If she put the bacon slices in a line, how long were the four slices together?

• 11 in.

• 21 in.

• 35 in.

• 28 in.

Chris walked his dog 2 miles each day from Monday through Friday and 3 miles on Saturday. How many miles did he walk his dog altogether?

• 13 mi.

• 12 mi.

• 5 mi.

• 15 mi.

Mr. Smith's construction company was building 3 buildings in Raleigh. Two of the buildings were 40 feet high and one building was 12 feet higher than the other buildings. What is the height of the 3 buildings altogether?

• 92 ft.

• 108 ft.

• 132 ft.

• 120 ft.

Gavin is building a vegetable garden in the shape of a rectangle. He wants to enclose the garden with a fence. One side is 10 feet long and the other side is 6 feet long. How much fence will he need to enclose the entire garden?

• 16 ft.

• 60 ft.

• 26 ft.

• 32 ft.

DJ has 4 baseball cards that each measure 6 inches long. He wants to put them in an album. The length of the album page is 30 inches long. Can DJ put all of the pictures in one row on the page? Why or why not?

• Yes, because the length of the cards is shorter than the length of the page, so they will fit.

• No, because the length of the cards are longer than the page, so they will not fit.

Farmer Brown needs to buy some wire to go around his garden to keep out the deer. He bought 120 total feet of wire. He needs to cut the wire into 4 sections. How long will each section be?

• 3 ft.

• 30 ft.

• 116 ft.

• 480 ft.