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Length Conversion Word Problems
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Length Conversion Word Problems
Use 1 metre = 100 centimetres. Show your calculations for the word problems. Choose one answer unless a question asks you to select all that apply.
Length conversions
1.A length of cord measures 240 centimetres. How many metres is that?
- 2.4 m
- 24 m
- 0.24 m
- 240 m
2.How many centimetres are in three-quarters of a metre?
- 25 cm
- 50 cm
- 75 cm
- 300 cm
3.Select all the measurements that have the same length as 1 metre.
- 100 cm
- 20 cm + 80 cm
- Two halves of a metre
- 125 cm
Word problems
4.Charlotte needs 1 metre and 65 centimetres of ribbon for a craft project. How many centimetres of ribbon does she need altogether?
5.A walking track is 800 metres long. Wiremu walks one-quarter of the track. How far does he walk in metres, and what is that distance in centimetres?
6.Mei has three lengths of cord: 85 cm, half a metre and one-quarter of a metre. She ties them together. What is the total length in centimetres?
7.A garden path is 4 metres and 35 centimetres long. Write its length in centimetres only.
Problem solving
8.Isla is putting edging around a square sandpit. Each side is 1.25 metres long. How many centimetres of edging will go all the way around it?
9.Describe how to convert 3.6 metres into centimetres, and show the calculation.
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