Measurement Word Problems

20 liters of water come out of the faucet into a sink each minute. How much water is in the sink after 13 minutes?

• 278

• 7

• 260

• 33

George was filling up the class aquarium. In the first trip he brought 586 liters of water. In his second trip he brought 928 liters. How many liters did the aquarium hold?

• 1,623

• 1,514

• 342

• 302

My friend says that one tank at the pet store holds 345 liters of water. Amy says that it holds 480 liters of water. What is the difference between the two amounts?

• 135

• 515

• 45

• they are different numbers

Emily is filling up the kiddie pools. Each pool holds 98 liters of water. She has 9 to fill. How many liters of water will she use to fill all the pools?

• 863

• 107

• 882

• 81

Mr. Jones walked 472 steps Monday morning, 318 steps on Tuesday morning and 390 steps Wednesday morning. How many steps did he walk altogether?

There were 3 jars of candy corn at the Fall Festival. The first jar had 79 pieces of candy corn, the second jar had 147 pieces of candy corn and the third jar had 144 pieces of candy corn. How many pieces of candy corn were there in all 3 jars combined?

• 291

• 223

• 376

• 370

Mrs. Webb wanted to buy spider rings for Halloween. She found 174 spiders rings at Walmart and 286 spider rings at Target. How many more spider rings were at Target?

• 102

• 112

• 212

• 460

The school book fair sold 461 books during the first week. They sold 307 books during the second week of the book fair. How many more books were sold during the first week than the second week?

• 154

• 163

• 768

• 166

The store has 150 baseballs. At the end of the month, there were 81 baseballs left. How many baseballs did the store sell?

After two games of the 4th grade basketball season, the team has a 1 win, 1 loss record. In their win, the team scored 56 points. For their loss, they scored 27 points. How many more points did the team score in their first game than their second game?

• 19 points

• 39 points

• 29 points

• 49 points