Short Answer Questions
Lisa is measuring a paperclip. She finds that it is smaller than a centimeter but larger than a millimeter. What unit should she use, and approximately how long might the paperclip be?
What is the number 10?
A football field is about this many meters long.
What is 100 m?
A piece of ribbon is 150 cm long. If you cut it into 5 equal pieces, how long is each piece?
30cm
A train is traveling 60 km/h. How far does it travel in 2.5 hours?
150km
A soccer field is 100 meters long. If a player runs across the entire field five times, how many kilometers has the player run?
About 0.5 kilometers
The metric unit for capacity (think of milk)
What is Liters?
A grain of rice is about this long in millimeters.
5mm
A rectangular garden has a length of 12 meters and a width of 6 meters. What is the perimeter of the garden?
36m
You buy 3 items at the store. One costs $5.75, another costs $12.50, and the third costs $8.25. The sales tax is 8%. What is the total cost of all three items, including tax?
(original price x 0.08)
(new tax + original price)
= 28.62
John is measuring his bookshelf. It is 90 cm tall. Convert this measurement to meters.
0.9 metres
The metric unit for length.
A door is about this tall in meters.
2m
A running track is 400 meters long. If you run around it 3 times, how many meters will you have run?
1200m
A triangle has a base of 12 cm and a height of 9 cm. What is its area?
54 cm²
A road trip from Toronto to Ottawa is about 450 km.
Part 1: If you drive halfway and stop for a break, how many kilometers do you have left to travel?
Part 2: If you drive another 75 km after your break, how many kilometers remain?
Part 1: 225km
Part 2: 150km
The preferred system of measurement used all over the world, except the U.S.
What is the Metric System?
The width of a human hair is measured in this small unit.
mm
A book is 25 cm tall, and its thickness is 3 cm. If you stack 8 books, how tall will the stack be?
204cm
A number is tripled and then 6 is subtracted, resulting in 15. What was the original number?
7
A construction worker is measuring the height of a skyscraper. The building is 250 meters tall.
Part 1: Convert this height into centimeters.
Part 2: If another building is 50 meters shorter, how tall is the second building in centimeters?
Part 1: 25,000cm
Part 2: 20,000cm
The metric unit for weight.
What is grams?
The distance in kilometers from Toronto to Niagara Falls?
About 160-200km
A highway is 120 kilometers long. You drive for 45 kilometers and then stop for a break. How many kilometers are left to drive?
75km
A car travels 120 km in 1.5 hours. What is its average speed in km/h?
80km/hr