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Length Conversion Word Problems
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Length Conversion Word Problems
📏 Part 1: Length Conversion Multiple Choice
1. Sarah's ribbon is 150 centimetres long. How many metres is this?
1.5 metres
15 metres
0.15 metres
150 metres
2. What is half a metre in centimetres?
25 cm
50 cm
75 cm
100 cm
3. Tom's skateboard is three quarters of a metre long. How many centimetres is this?
25 cm
50 cm
75 cm
100 cm
4. Which of these measurements are equal to 1 metre? (Tick all that apply)
100 centimetres
50 centimetres + 50 centimetres
Four quarters of a metre
150 centimetres
✏️ Part 2: Word Problems
5. Emma is making a banner for the school fair. She needs 2 metres and 25 centimetres of fabric. How many centimetres of fabric does she need in total?
Answer: _____________ centimetres
6. A football field is 100 metres long. Jake runs a quarter of the length of the field. How many metres did Jake run? How many centimetres is this?
Jake ran _______ metres, which equals _______ centimetres.
7. Lucy has three pieces of string:
• Piece A: 75 cm
• Piece B: half a metre
• Piece C: quarter of a metre
If she joins all three pieces together, what will be the total length in centimetres?
• Piece A: 75 cm
• Piece B: half a metre
• Piece C: quarter of a metre
If she joins all three pieces together, what will be the total length in centimetres?
Total length: _____________ centimetres
8. The school garden bed is 3 metres and 40 centimetres long. Convert this measurement to centimetres only.
Answer: _____________ centimetres
🎯 Part 3: Problem Solving
9. Ben wants to put a fence around his square vegetable patch. Each side of the square is 1.5 metres long. How many centimetres of fencing does he need in total?
Ben needs _____________ centimetres of fencing.
10. Explain in your own words how you would convert 2.75 metres into centimetres. Show your working.
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