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Grade 5 - Mathematics
6.17 Word Problems

Example: Jack walked 5,000 m and Jill walked 5 kms. Who walked more?
1 km = 1000m
5 km = 5000 m
Answer: Both walked the same distance

Directions: Answer the following questions. Also write at least ten examples of your own.
Q 1: Jake went on a walk to a nearby park. He walked a total of 2.5 hm. How many meters did Jake walk altogether?
250 m
25 m
.25 m
2.5 m

 Q 2: George, Sam, Henry and John were trying to decide who walked further to school. George walked 50 m, Sam walked 500 dm, Henry walked .05 kilometers, and John walked 5,000 cm to school. Who walked the farthest to school each day?
Sam
they all walked the same distance
Henry
George

Q 3: Which of the following would you use to measure your height?
kilometers
meters
milligrams
a couple of midgets

 Q 4: What does calibrate mean?
put grams measures on a pan scale
visit California
adjust a scale to balance correctly
eat lots of cabbage

Q 5: What is the best way to measure the distance from your house to the mall?
millimeters
shoes
inches
kilometers

 Q 6: How many kilometers (km) in 112 meters (m)?
11.2 km
1.12 km
0.112 km
112,000 km

Q 7: A piece of paper is 15 centimeters (cm) long and 14 centimeters (cm) wide. What is the area of the paper?
116 square cm
210 square cm
29 square cm
58 square cm

 Q 8: If the swim team swims the relay in 2 minutes (m) and 15 seconds (s), how many total seconds (s) did it take them to swim the relay?
135 s
215 s
2150 s
75 s

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