MEASUREMENT ACTIVITY FOR SEVENTH

CONVERSIONS WORD PROBLEMS

1.John rode 2 kilometers on his bike. His sister Sally rode 3000 meters on her bike. Who rode the farthest and how much farther did they ride (answer in km)?

2.Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together? (answer in cm)

3.Lois wants to send a box of oranges to a friend by mail. The box of oranges cannot exceed a mass of 10 kg. If each orange has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum number she can send?

4.Walt grew 10 centimeters in 1 year. He is now 1.6 m tall. How tall was he 1 year ago?  

5.Mary buys a reel of thread for sewing. There are 10 m of thread on the real. She uses 210 cm. How much is left on the reel in centimeters?

6.Mr. Martin's Spanish class is 45 minutes long. If it starts at 3:30, what time does it end?

7.Sebastian studies from 3:15 - 4:45. His sister, Sasha studies from 4:30 - 6:15. Who studied longer and by how much

8.Peter is overweight. He is 105 kg. His aim is to lose 500 g per week. If he manages this, how many weeks will it be until he is 90 kg?

9.30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that be in milligrams

10.It takes 3 hours to wash every window on a building. There are 30 windows. How many minutes does it take to wash each window?