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Word Problems Measurement Conversion

The document contains word problems involving measurement conversion and calculations with units like grams, kilograms, liters, and meters. Students must solve problems involving weight, time, length, and converting between different units of measurement.

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Word Problems Measurement Conversion

The document contains word problems involving measurement conversion and calculations with units like grams, kilograms, liters, and meters. Students must solve problems involving weight, time, length, and converting between different units of measurement.

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Rhona Matahari
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Word Problems: Measurement Conversion

A box containing 4 identical books weighs


5kg. If the weight of the box is 600g, what is
the weight of each book?
A

I bought 10 bananas. Each banana


weighed 50 grams. If the price for bananas
was $6.50 per kilogram, how much did I pay?
B

Tina went to the store to buy three liters of


orange juice for a party. The store only sold
orange juice in 250ml cartons. How many
250ml cartons did Tina need to buy?
C

Sarah bought a 5kg bag of cherries at the


market and ate 175g of them on the way
home. How many grams of cherries did
Sarah have left by the time she got home?
©K-5MathTeachingResources.com D
Paul weighed a pumpkin and found that it
had a mass of 9 kg. He cut the pumpkin
and gave his friend a 500g piece. How
many grams of pumpkin did Paul have left
to make pumpkin soup? E

Tony cut a five meter ball of string into


four equal sized lengths. How many
centimeters long was each length of string?

A window cleaner takes 3 hours to wash


30 windows on a building. All the windows
are the same size. About how many minutes
does the window cleaner take to wash each
window? G

Marcus read his library book from


3.15 - 4.45p.m. His sister, Laura read her
library book from 4.30 – 6.15p.m. Who read for
longer? How many minutes longer?
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A ham is put in the oven at 9.20 a.m. and
removed at 11.35a.m. How many minutes did
the ham take to cook?
I

Sarah cut a 20cm length of ribbon to attach


to the tail of her kite. How many millimeters
long is the ribbon?
J

On the weekend Ben plans to ride his


skateboard 2km to his friend’s house. How
many meters will Ben ride his skateboard?
K

I cut a 1.5 meter long piece of string into 3


equal lengths. How many millimeters long
is each piece of string?
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A science class begins at 1.30p.m and
ends at 3.00p.m. How many minutes long
is the science class?

A box contains 4 jars of tomato sauce. The


total mass of all 4 jars is 6 kg. What is the
mass of each jar in grams?
N

I need to mail a box of apples to my mother.


The box cannot exceed a mass of 5kg. If each
apple has a mass of 200g, what is the
maximum number of apples I can send?
O

Sam poured a two liter carton of apple juice


into cups that each held 250ml. How many
cups did he fill?
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