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Metric Length Measurement: Word Problems: Use The Conversion Chart and The Examples To Solve The Word Problems Below

The document provides a metric length measurement conversion chart and examples for solving word problems involving converting between metric units of length including kilometers, meters, centimeters and millimeters. It includes 5 word problems asking to convert distances walked, swam, ran or lined up between the different metric units.

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Metric Length Measurement: Word Problems: Use The Conversion Chart and The Examples To Solve The Word Problems Below

The document provides a metric length measurement conversion chart and examples for solving word problems involving converting between metric units of length including kilometers, meters, centimeters and millimeters. It includes 5 word problems asking to convert distances walked, swam, ran or lined up between the different metric units.

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METRIC LENGTH MEASUREMENT : WORD PROBLEMS


Use the conversion chart and the examples to solve the word problems below.

Metric Units of Length: Conversion Chart

1 centimeter (cm) = 10 millimeters (mm)


1 meter (m) = 100 cm
1 kilometer (km) = 1,000 m

500 m

To convert from a larger unit to a smaller unit:


Multiply, or move the decimal point to the right based on the number of zeros.

4 km × 1,000 = 4,000 m

To convert from a smaller unit to a larger unit:


Divide, or move the decimal point to the left based on the number of zeros.

19 mm ÷ 10 = 1.9 cm

Santiago walked 500 m per day, every day


for one week. How many kilometers did he Santiago walked
walk all together? kilometers in one week.

Hyeon swam .7 km in his triathlon.


Hyeon swam
How many meters did she swim?
meters in the race.

Leo ran around the track three times. The track


was 400 meters. How many kilometers Leo ran
did he run all together? kilometers.

Nousha lined up 10 guitar picks across her desk.


Each pick was 12 mm wide. How many centimeters Nousha’s line of guitar picks was
long was her line of guitar picks? centimeters long.

Betty rode her bike down a block that was


50 meters long. How many millimeters Betty rode
did she ride? millimeters.

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