Grams/Kilograms
Liters/Milliliters
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Story Problems
100
A kilogram has this many grams.
What is 1000 grams?
100
The better metric unit to measure the capacity of a wading pool.
What is liter?
100

The map led the boys through the forest and into a cave. To open the cave doors, they needed to put weights on a switch. If the switch already has 234 kg of weights and the total needed is 712 kg, how much more weight to they need to add?

478 kg

100
The start time is 1:10. The end time is 5:10. The elapsed time is ____________.
What is 4 hours?
100

Lupe cut a ribbon 60m long. How many centimeters?

6000

200
Five paper clips weigh about 5 ______________.
What is 5 grams?
200
The better metric unit to measure the capacity of a teaspoon.
What is milliliter?
200

Mom baked some cookies. If she baked 5 pans of cookies for 30 minutes each and there are 8 cookies per pan, how many cookies did Mom bake?

40 cookies

200
The start time is 3:05. The end time is 4:35. The elapsed time is ________________________.
What is 1 hour and 30 minutes?
200

Last year, Sean was 105 cm tall. He grew 12 cm in the past year. How tall is he now?

117 cm

300
You would measure the mass of a toothbrush using this unit of measurement.
What is grams?
300
Adele has 4 full bottles of lotion. Each bottle has a capacity of 80 milliliters (mL). Altogether, Adele has ________ milliliters (mL).
What is 320 milliliters (mL)?
300

Each bus has nine rows of seats and each row of seats can accommodate 4 children, how many children can each bus accommodate?

36 children

300
The start time is 5:10 P.M. The end time is 5:27 P.M. So, ____ minutes passed from 5:10 P.M. to 5:27 P.M.
What is 17 minutes?
300

A binder is 10 cm thick. How thick are 4 binders put together?

40 cm

400
To measure the mass of a wheelbarrow, you would use this unit of measurement.
What is kilograms?
400
The _______________ is a metric unit used for greater capacities.
What is liter (L)?
400

Three piles of clean white papers were stacked in the corner of her room. She decided to place these papers in paper envelopes which can hold 10 papers each. How many paper envelopes does she need if she has 120 clean white papers?

12 paper envelopes

400
Tyrone started mowing lawns at 1:10 P.M. He finished mowing at 4:30 P.M. He mowed lawns for ____ hours and ____ minutes.
What is 3 hours and 20 minutes?
400

A loaf of bread is 40 cm long. If it is sliced into 8 equal pieces, how thick is each slice?

5 cm

500
A book pack weighs 3 kilograms, which has the same mass as ____________ grams.
What is 3000 grams?
500

Joe is heating a can of soup for lunch. Is it responsible to say he is heating 3 milliliters or 300 milliliters of soup?  Explain your answer.

300 milliliters

500

Shiela has 6 neighbors who like to collect animal drawings. Shiela has a talent for drawing, so she drew 54 animals on pieces of paper that are 10 inches wide and 10 inches tall. If she plans to give the same number of animal drawings to her neighbors, how many drawings will each neighbor receive?

9 drawings each

500
Evan's mother put biscuits in the oven at 5:10 P.M. She took them out of the oven at 5:27 P.M. The biscuits cooked for ___ minutes.
What is 17 minutes?
500

A can of soup is 350 ml and Jack mixes in a can full of water with the soup. What is the total volume?

700 ml