Word problems.Measurement.

(Length)

Year 4

Ross is 94cm tall. Dee is 37cm 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 3m long. A joiner cuts off 70cm. How long is

the wood now?

• Strategy-subtraction.

• 300-70

• 230cm

• 2 meters 30 centimeters

There are 30 magazines in a pile. Each magazine is 3mm thick.

How high is the pile in centimeters?

• Strategy-multiplication

• 30x3

• 90mm

• 90÷10

• 9cm

Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 15 cm. What is the total

length of the 5 pieces?

• Strategy-multiplication

• 15x5

• 75cm

Joe has 20 books. He needs 1.2m of shelving to store them. How

wide is each book?

• Strategy-division

• 1.2x100=120cm

• 120÷20

• 6cm

• 6 cm wide

2m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length?• Strategy- division

• 2x100=

• 200cm

• 200÷4=

• 50cm

• 50cm 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 = 300cms

• 300÷2

• =150cms

• 1 meter 50 centimters

A piece of wood is 5m long. A joiner cuts off 170cm. How long

is the wood now?

• Strategy-subtraction.

• 5 meters= 500cms

• 500-170

• =330cms

• 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

• 6x3

• =18 meters

Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 20 cm. What is the total

length of the 5 pieces?

• Strategy-multiplication

• 20x5

• 100 centimeters

• 1 meter long

Sinead runs 3000m in a race. After 1200. She stops. How far

has she left to go?

• Strategy-subtraction

• 3000-1200

• =1800m

6m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length?• Strategy- division

• 6m=600cms

• 600÷4

• =150cms

• 1 meter 50 centimeters

• 1.5m