Word problems Measurement Length Year 4 Ross is

Word problems. Measurement. (Length) Year 4

Ross is 94 cm tall. Dee is 37 cm taller. How tall in Dee in meters and centimeters. • • • Strategy- Addition. 94+37 120+11 131 1 meter 31 centimeters

A piece of wood is 3 m long. A joiner cuts off 70 cm. How long is the wood now? • • Strategy-subtraction. 300 -70 230 cm 2 meters 30 centimeters

There are 30 magazines in a pile. Each magazine is 3 mm thick. How high is the pile in centimeters? • • • Strategy-multiplication 30 x 3 90 mm 90÷ 10 9 cm

Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 15 cm. What is the total length of the 5 pieces? • Strategy-multiplication • 15 x 5 • 75 cm

Joe has 20 books. He needs 1. 2 m of shelving to store them. How wide is each book? • • • Strategy-division 1. 2 x 100=120 cm 120÷ 20 6 cm 6 cm wide

2 m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length? • • • Strategy- division 2 x 100= 200 cm 200÷ 4= 50 cm lengths

Word problems. Measurement. (Length) Year 4

A carpenter has a plank of wood 3 meters long. She cut it into 2 pieces. What length is each piece of wood? • • • Strategy- division. 3 meters = 300 cms 300÷ 2 =150 cms 1 meter 50 centimters

A piece of wood is 5 m long. A joiner cuts off 170 cm. How long is the wood now? • • • Strategy-subtraction. 5 meters= 500 cms 500 -170 =330 cms 3 meters 30 centimeters

Paul digs 6 rows of earth to plant vegetables. The rows are 3 meters long. What length of ground has he dug altogether? • Strategy-multiplication • 6 x 3 • =18 meters

Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 20 cm. What is the total length of the 5 pieces? • • Strategy-multiplication 20 x 5 100 centimeters 1 meter long

Sinead runs 3000 m in a race. After 1200. She stops. How far has she left to go? • Strategy-subtraction • 3000 -1200 • =1800 m

6 m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length? • • • Strategy- division 6 m=600 cms 600÷ 4 =150 cms 1 meter 50 centimeters 1. 5 m