Comparing Length Word Problems
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100
Aldin and Caleb were having a jumping contest. Caleb’s jump was 8 cm more than Aldin’s. Aldin jumped 75 cm. How many centimeters did Caleb jump?
83 cm; add 75 + 8
100
How many inches is your book pouch?
_____ in.
100
With which unit would you measure a crayon? a. centimeters b. meters
a. centimeters
100
How many inches are in one foot?
12 inches
100
Natalie's paper was 12 inches long. How many feet was her paper?
1 foot
200
Valerie and Donte used chalk to draw roads for their toy cars. Donte drew a road that was 13 inches longer than Valerie’s road. Valerie’s road was 62 inches long. What was the length of Donte’s road?
75 inches; add 62 + 13
200
How many centimeters long is a paperclip?
____ cm
200
With which unit would you measure a soccer field? a. inches or centimeters b. feet c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters
200
How many feet are in one yard?
3 feet.
200
Katie measured that her dresser was 2 yards long. How many feet did she have?
6 feet
300
Rapunzel’s hair was 83 inches long. She cut off 65 inches of her hair. How long was Rapunzel’s hair after she cut it?
18 inches; Subtract 83-65
300
Tricky!! If an eyebrow is about 3 cm long, about how many inches long is the eyebrow?
1 inch (1 inch = a little less than 3 cm)
300
With which unit would you measure the height of a person?
feet
300
How many centimeters are in one meter?
100 centimeters.
300
Connor measured that his bathtub was 140 centimeters long. Was his bathtub longer or shorter than 1 meter? a. longer than one meter b. shorter than one meter
a. longer than one meter. (Because 1 meter = 100 cm. 140 cm > 100 cm... so the bathtub is longer than 1 meter.)
400
David and Sadacia built vegetable gardens. Sadacia’s garden was 59 inches long. David’s garden was 82 inches long. How many inches shorter was the length of Sadacia’s garden than the length of David's garden?
23 inches; Subtract 82-59
400
Would you use a yardstick or a ruler to measure the distance from your desk to the bathroom?
yardstick
400
With which unit would you measure the length of our library? a. feet b. centimeters c. yards or meters
c. yards or meters.
400
If 12 inches are in 1 foot, how many inches are in 2 feet?
24 inches
400
Joshua measured that his pencil was 4 centimeters long. Kaleb measured that his pencil was 5 inches long. Who had the longer pencil?
Eduardo (because an inch is longer than a centimeter!)
500
Kaylee and Brooke were comparing their heights. Kaylee’s height was 16 inches shorter than Brooke’s height. Brooke’s height was 53 inches. What was Kaylee’s height?
37 inches; subtract 53-16
500
How many inches long is your desk?
______ in.
500
With which unit would you measure the length of a person's ear? a. centimeters b. feet c. yards Estimate the length of a person's ear.
centimeters. Estimation between 4 and 9 centimeters.
500
If 3 feet are in 1 yard, how many feet are in 3 yards?
9 feet.
500
Sawyer measured that the bookcase was 7 feet long. Chance measured that the bulletin board was 2 yards long. Which was longer, the bulletin board or the bookcase?
The bookcase, because the bookcase was 2 yards and 1 foot long.