Word problems: Length
A rectangular garden is 15 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters of fencing are needed to go around it?
46 meters of fencing is needed.
A factory packs 24 kg of sugar into small bags, with 3 kg of sugar in each bag. How many bags can be filled?
8 bags can be filled.
A large container has 8.6 liters of water. If 2.3 liters evaporate during the day and another 1.5 liters are used for watering plants, how much water remains in the container?
4.8 liters remain.
A bakery uses 2.5 kg of flour to bake bread every day. How much flour will they use in one week (7 days)? If they also use 1.75 liters of milk per day, how much milk is used in a week?
A tailor has a 4.3-meter ribbon and cuts 1.75 meters off for a dress. How much ribbon is left?
2.55 meters of ribbon remain.
A truck can carry a maximum of 500 kg. If it already has 325 kg of goods loaded, how much more weight can be added before reaching the limit?
The truck can carry 175 kg more.
A factory produces 4,500 milliliters of juice. The juice is poured into 750-milliliter bottles. How many full bottles can be filled?
6 full bottles
A cyclist rides 3.2 km in the morning and 2,750 meters in the afternoon. How many kilometers does the cyclist travel in total?
The cyclist travels 5.95 km in total.
The distance between two towns is 18.75 km. A bus has already traveled 9.5 km. How much farther does the bus need to go?
The bus needs to travel 9.25 km more.
A bakery uses 2.5 kg of flour each day. How much flour will the bakery use in 10 days?
The bakery will use 25 kg of flour in 10 days.
A small swimming pool holds 1,200 liters of water. A hose fills it at a rate of 300 liters per hour. How many hours will it take to completely fill the pool?
It will take 4 hours to fill the pool.
A fish tank holds 15 liters of water. If Lily pours in 9.75 liters, how much more water does she need to fill the tank completely?
Lily needs 5.25 liters more to fill the tank.
A rope is 6.4 meters long. If James cuts it into 4 equal pieces, how long is each piece?
Each piece is 1.6 meters long.
Emma buys 2.75 kg of potatoes, 1.5 kg of carrots, and 3.2 kg of onions. What is the total weight of the vegetables she bought?
The total weight is 7.45 kg.
A chef needs 6 liters of milk to prepare a dessert for a party. He only has 2,500 milliliters of milk at home. How much more milk does he need to buy?
He needs 3.5 liters more.
A watermelon weighs 4.5 kg, and a sack of potatoes weighs 7.8 kg. What is the total weight of both items?
The total weight is 12.3 kg.
A running track is 250 meters long. If Lisa runs 4 laps, how many meters does she run in total?
Lisa runs 1 km in total.
A basket of apples weighs 4.8 kg. If James and his two friends equally share the apples, how many kilograms of apples does each person get?
Each person gets 1.6 kg of apples.
Mia has a 2-liter water bottle. She drinks 750 milliliters and then refills the bottle with 500 milliliters. How much water is in the bottle now?
1.75 liters
Leo is building a fence around his rectangular garden. The garden is 12 meters long and 8 meters wide. How many meters of fencing does he need to go all the way around?
Leo needs 40 meters of fencing.