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Length Word Problems

The document contains a word problem worksheet with 6 questions about measuring lengths. It asks students to solve problems involving adding, subtracting, multiplying, and comparing lengths of objects like cars, boats, rulers, people's heights, trees, pencils, erasers, books and pens measured in meters, inches, centimeters. It provides the questions and a sample answer for each one showing the number sentence and steps.

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Length Word Problems

The document contains a word problem worksheet with 6 questions about measuring lengths. It asks students to solve problems involving adding, subtracting, multiplying, and comparing lengths of objects like cars, boats, rulers, people's heights, trees, pencils, erasers, books and pens measured in meters, inches, centimeters. It provides the questions and a sample answer for each one showing the number sentence and steps.

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Length Word Problems

Name: ________________________ Class: ___________

Solve the following word problems. Show number sentence and your workings.

1. A car is 4 meters long and a boat is 8 meters long.


How long are the car and boat altogether?

2. A ruler is 10 inches long. What is the length of 2 rulers?

3. James is 100 centimeter tall and little Johnny is 90 centimeters


tall. How much taller is James than litlle Johnny?

4. A tree is 7 meters high. A giraffe is 2 meters shorter than the tree.


How tall is the giraffe?

5. My pencil is 10 centimeters long. My eraser is 5 centimeters


shorter than the pencil. What is their total length?

6. A book is 45 centimeters long. A pen is 13 centimeters long.


How much longer is the book than the pen?

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Answers

Solve the following word problems. Show number sentence and your workings.

1. A car is 4 meters long and a boat is 8 meters long.


How long are the car and boat altogether?

4 + 8 = 12 meters

2. A ruler is 10 inches long. What is the length of 2 rulers?

2 x 10 = 20 inches

3. James is 100 centimeter tall and little Johnny is 90 centimeters


tall. How much taller is James than litlle Johnny?

100 - 90 = 10 centimeters

4. A tree is 6 meters high. A giraffe is 3 meters shorter than the tree.


How tall is the giraffe?

6 - 3 = 3 meters

5. My pencil is 10 centimeters long. My eraser is 5 centimeters


shorter than the pencil. What is their total length?

10 + (10 - 5) = 15 centimers

6. A book is 45 centimeters long. A pen is 13 centimeters long.


How much longer is the book than the pen?

45 - 13 = 32 centimeters

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