Metric System Word Problems

Shelby ate 4 grams of each each day for 3 days. How many milligrams of cheese did she eat?

Marcus adds 1 liter of water to his fish tank everyday for 5 days. How many milliliters of water was added to his fish tank?

Landry walks 2 kilometers everyday for 7 days. How many meters has she walked by the end of the week?

Austin mows 10 meters in his yard everyday for 5 days. How many centimeters has he mowed after the 5 days?

The Smith’s hot tub has a capacity of 1,458 liters. Mrs. Smith put 487 liters 750 milliliters of water in the tub. How much water needs to be added to fill the hot tub completely?

Where on the strip diagram is the unknown?

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Leah is placing books on a one meter long shelf. If each book is 2cm wide, how many books will fit on the shelf?

• 18 books

• 50 books

• 5 books

• 10 books

Chef Vilma bought 1.3 kgs of skim milk. She used some skim milk for baking a birthday cake and 450 g of it was left. How much skim milk (in grams) did she use?

• 85 g

• 850 g

• 8.5 g

• 0.85 g

On Monday, your bus drives 5.6 km to school. On Tuesday, your bus takes a different route home that is 950 m shorter. What is the length of the shortcut in kilometers?

There were 4 liters of water in a pitcher. Eight glasses were filled with 325 milliliters of water. How much water remains in the pitcher?

• 0.4 liter

• 0.6 liter

• 1.4 liters

• 2.6 liters

Walt grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. He is now 1.6 m tall. How tall was he 1 year ago?

• 100 cm

• 150 cm

• 1.5 m

• 1.7 m