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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.

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Grade 5 - Mathematics
6.17 Word Problems

Q 1: A piece of paper is 15 centimeters (cm) long and 14 centimeters (cm) wide. What is the area of the paper?
29 square cm
210 square cm
58 square cm
116 square cm

 Q 2: 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
2150 s
215 s
75 s

Q 3: If I have one gallon of orange juice. How many pint containers could I fill?
7
6
8

 Q 4: Which of the following would you use to measure your height?
meters
milligrams
kilometers
a couple of midgets

Q 5: Aaron and Denise are running races against Bob and Cindy. Each person will run twice against the two runners on the other team. How many total races will be run?
8 races
3 races
4 races
6 races

 Q 6: What is the best way to measure the distance from your house to the mall?
shoes
kilometers
inches
millimeters

Q 7: How many kilometers (km) in 112 meters (m)?
0.112 km
112,000 km
1.12 km
11.2 km

 Q 8: What does calibrate mean?
adjust a scale to balance correctly
put grams measures on a pan scale
eat lots of cabbage
visit California

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