Metric Word Problems

Main street is 2.6 km long. There are 13 sets of stop signs on Main street, each the same distance apart. How many meters apart are the stop signs?

• 20 meters

• 50 meters

• 200 meters

• 500 meters

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

The width of the soccer goal is 7.2 m. The team decides to make the goal bigger by moving both cones 6 cm wider on each side. What is the new width of the goal in meters?

Which measure is not equivalent to the others?

• 0.0008 kilometer

• 0.8 meter

• 80 centimeters

• 0.008 millimeter

Cheryl is moving to a new house. Her old house is 3 kilometers from her new house. How many meters is the old house from the new house?

John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?

• Sally 1 Km

• Sally 3 Km

• John 2km

• John 4 km

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)

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

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

Jessica's shoebox is 20 centimeters long and 10 centimeters wide. How many more millimeters is the length of the shoebox than the width?

• 2000 millimeters

• 200 millimeters

• 1000 millimeters

• 100 millimeters