M & CM
Measuring
Word Problems
Choosing Tool/Unit
Comparing Length
100
Which unit is LARGER? Meters or Centimeters?
Meters!
100
How many centimeters?
15 CM
100
Ms. Cajigas measured her straw to be 7 cm. Ms. Lewis measured her straw to be 6 and a half cm. Whose straw is shorter?
Ms. Lewis
100
Which tools does NOT measure length?
A) Ruler
B) Scale
C) Meter Stick
B
100
Jason's hair is 19 cm long. Lance's hair is 21 cm long. How many more cm is Lance's hair than Jason's hair?
2 cm longer
200
How many cm are in a meter?
A) 10 cm
B) 100 cm
C) 1000 cm
B) 100 cm
200
7 cm
200
Angelina and Joy measured the same desk. Angelina said the desk was 26 cm Joy said the desk was 30 cm. What is the total length of both desks?
56 cm
200
What unit would you use to measure the length of the gym?
A) Centimeters
B) Meters
B) meters
200
Preston is 122 cm tall. Ms. Daley is 182 cm tall. How much shorter is Preston than Ms. Daley?
60 cm shorter
300
What is the length of this nail in centimeters?
5 centimeters
300
How many CM?
6 CM
300
Mr. Fazio was building his kids a treehouse. He had a piece of wood that measured to be 49 cms. He needed to cut off 13 cms. How much of the wood is left?
36 cms of wood left
300
What unit would you use to measure the length of a car?
A) Meters
B) Centimeters
A) Meters
300
How much longer is the pencil than the nail?
10 CM longer
400
Leah and Scarlet were using cm cubes to make a tower. Leah used 8 cm cubes and Scarlet used 15 centimeters. How much longer is Scarlets tower?
7 cm
400
What is the length in cm of the green line?
3 cm
400
Mr. G ran 15 meters. Mr. Parra ran 13 meters. How much farther did Mr. G run than Mr. Parra?
2 more meters
400
Which unit would you NOT use to measure the length of a remote?
A) Meters
B) Centimeters
A) Meters
400
Gerald and Romeo were playing baseball. Gerald hit the ball 46 meters and Romeo hit the ball 34 meters. How much farther did Gerald hit the ball?
12 meters farther
500
The length of a picture is 62 cm. The width of the picture is 40 cm. How many more cm is the length than the width?
22 cm
500
How many centimeters?
10 CM
500
Christopher and Giovanni were playing basketball. Christopher made a basket from 3 meter and Giovanni made a basket from 2 meters. How much farther was Christopher from the hoop compared to Giovanni?
1 meter farther
500
What is the best unit to use to measure the length of a dime?
Centimeters
500
The height of Morgan's apartment building is 105 meters. The height of Liam's apartment building 64 meters. How much shorter is Liam's building?
41 meters shorter