Measurement Mass Word Problems

Molly was packing books in a box to send to a friend. The box cannot weigh more than 2kg. If each book has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number of books she can send?

• 100 books

• 1,000 books

• 10 books

• 1 book

A bead shop sells their tiniest beads by the pound. A new shipment of beads weighing 2 pounds is divided into 8 equal sized bags.How many ounces of beads are in each bag?

• 12 ounces

• 4 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 2 ounces

Jo measured out 351 groups of 9 grams of crackers. How many total grams of crackers does she have?

• 3,159

• 3,269

• 342

• 39

Meghan went to the store to buy dog food. She had 12 kilograms of dog food at home but she needs to have 59. How many kilograms of dog food does she need to purchase?

• 708

• 47

• 71

• 57

Sara placed 9 oranges on a scale. The total was 650 grams. About how many grams did each orange weigh?

• 72 grams

• 82 grams

• 92 grams

• 65 grams

Which measurement would you use to measure the following?
the mass of a penny

• centimeters

• centiliters

• centigrams

• Centigrade

There were 8 bags of flour at the store. Each bag weighed 589 grams. How many grams of flour were at the store?

• 73

• 5,706

• 597

• 4,712

Malcom had 7,000 grams of chocolate. He divided it among 10 bags to share with his friends. How many grams of chocolate did each of his friends get?

• 700

• 70,000

• 70

• 7,010

A commercial car carrier can transport up to 38,900 kilograms. 16 cars weighing a total of 29,455 kilograms are scheduled to be loaded on the carrier. How many kilograms can be added to the transport in order to reach its maximum capacity?

• 471,280

• 9,461

• 1,840

• 9,445

Judges were measuring the biggest watermelon at the state fair. The second place watermelon weighed 142 kilograms. The first place watermelon weighed 159 kilograms. What was the combined mass of the first and second place watermelons?

• 301

• 300

• 17

• 20