Length Word Problems
Name: ________________________ Class: ___________
Solve the following word problems. Show number sentence and your workings.
1. A car is 4 meters long and a boat is 8 meters long.
How long are the car and boat altogether?
2. A ruler is 10 inches long. What is the length of 2 rulers?
3. James is 100 centimeter tall and little Johnny is 90 centimeters
tall. How much taller is James than litlle Johnny?
4. A tree is 7 meters high. A giraffe is 2 meters shorter than the tree.
How tall is the giraffe?
5. My pencil is 10 centimeters long. My eraser is 5 centimeters
shorter than the pencil. What is their total length?
6. A book is 45 centimeters long. A pen is 13 centimeters long.
How much longer is the book than the pen?
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Answers
Solve the following word problems. Show number sentence and your workings.
1. A car is 4 meters long and a boat is 8 meters long.
How long are the car and boat altogether?
4 + 8 = 12 meters
2. A ruler is 10 inches long. What is the length of 2 rulers?
2 x 10 = 20 inches
3. James is 100 centimeter tall and little Johnny is 90 centimeters
tall. How much taller is James than litlle Johnny?
100 - 90 = 10 centimeters
4. A tree is 6 meters high. A giraffe is 3 meters shorter than the tree.
How tall is the giraffe?
6 - 3 = 3 meters
5. My pencil is 10 centimeters long. My eraser is 5 centimeters
shorter than the pencil. What is their total length?
10 + (10 - 5) = 15 centimers
6. A book is 45 centimeters long. A pen is 13 centimeters long.
How much longer is the book than the pen?
45 - 13 = 32 centimeters
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