Customary Length Word Problems

Mrs. Mitchell's class made a 132 ft. paper chain by linking two chains together. If the boys made an 89 ft. long paper chain, how long was the girls' paper chain?

• 221 ft.

• 43 ft.

• 157 ft.

• 163 ft.

Jeremiah & Emma are making a tree house swing. Jeremiah has a rope that is 75 inches long. Emma has a rope that is 127 inches long. If they connected their ropes, how long would the new rope be?

• 52 in.

• 202 in.

• 192 in.

• 102 in.

Mary had four pieces of bacon. Each slice was 7 inches long. If she put the bacon slices in a line, how long were the four slices together?

• 11 in.

• 21 in.

• 35 in.

• 28 in.

Gavin is building a vegetable garden in the shape of a rectangle. He wants to enclose the garden with a fence. One side is 10 feet long and the other side is 6 feet long. How much fence will he need to enclose the entire garden?

• 16 ft.

• 60 ft.

• 26 ft.

• 32 ft.

The hole for a support needs to be 4 feet deep. It is currently 1 foot 5 inches deep.How much deeper must the hole be? Use the conversion factor: 12 inches = 1 foot The hole needs to be ___ inches deeper.

• 2 inches

• 90 inches

• 15 inches

• 31 inches

To have a more stable treehouse, Charlie’s father decided to tie the corner posts of the house to the tree itself. He used 24 inches of rope for the first post, 20 inches on the second, 14 inches on the third and 12 inches on the fourth. He also had 15 feet of cable but did not use that. How many inches of rope were used?

Sara needs her dressed hemmed (cut) because it is too long. The dressed measured 64 inches long. She had the dressed made 6 inches shorter. How long is the dress now?

• 58 inches

• 70 inches

• 4 inches

• 62 inches

The hole for a support needs to be 4 feet deep. It is currently 1 foot 5 inches deep.How much deeper must the hole be? Use the conversion factor: 12 inches = 1 foot The hole needs to be ___ inches deeper.

• 2 inches

• 90 inches

• 15 inches

• 31 inches

The hole for a support needs to be 4 feet deep. It is currently 1 foot 5 inches deep.How much deeper must the hole be?

• 2 inches

• 90 inches

• 15 inches

• 31 inches

Farmer Brown needs to buy some wire to go around his garden to keep out the deer. He bought 120 total feet of wire. He needs to cut the wire into 4 sections. How long will each section be?

• 3 ft.

• 30 ft.

• 116 ft.

• 480 ft.