Adding and Subtracting Metric Measurements

Length is...

• Indicates the amount of matter, or material, in an object.

• The distance from one point to another.

• Refers to the amount that a container can hold.

How many centimeters (cm) = 1 meter (m)?

• 1
• 10
• 100
• 1000

700 cm = __ m

• 7
• 70
• 700
• 7000

5 m = __ cm

• 5
• 50
• 500
• 5000

The length of a rope is 80 m 54 cm. If a piece of 35 m 40 cm length is cut, what length of the rope is left?

• 44 m 00 cm.

• 45 m 14 cm.

• 115 m 94 cm.

7 0cm + 15cm = ________ cm

• 85

• 22.3

• 55

• 15.1

Koremide raced Enoch at recess. They both ran a total of 9 meters. How many centimeters did they run? (1 meter = 100 centimeters)

• 9,000 cm

• 90,000 cm

• 900 cm

• .9 cm

Alberto is cutting a piece of carpet for his bedroom. His room is 3 meters long. The carpet he is cutting measures 400 centimeters. How many centimeters should Alberto cut off to make the carpet fit?

• 1 m

• 100 cm

• 1 cm

• 100 m

• 777 m 05 cm

• 779 m 05 cm

• 889 m 09 cm

• 2 m 23 cm

• 81 m 95 cm

• 22m 3 cm