Word problems.Measurement.(Length).ppt

Word problems.Measurement.(Length) Year 4 Ross is 94cm tall. Dee is 37cm taller. How tall in Dee in meters and centimeters. Strategy- Addition. 94+37 120+11 131 1 meter 31 centimeters A piece of wood is 3m long. A joiner cuts off 70cm. How long is the wood now? Strategy-subtraction. 300-70 230cm 2 meters 30 centimeters There are 30 magazines in a pile. Each magazine is 3mm thick. How high is the pile in centimeters? Strategy-multiplication 30x3 90mm 90÷10 9cm Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 15 cm. What is the total length of the 5 pieces? Strategy-multiplication 15x5 75cm Joe has 20 books. He needs 1.2m of shelving to store them. How wide is each book? Strategy-division 1.2x100=120cm 120÷20 6cm 6 cm wide 2m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length? Strategy- division 2x100= 200cm 200÷4= 50cm 50cm lengths Word problems.Measurement.(Length) Year 4 A carpenter has a plank of wood 3 meters long. She cut it into 2 pieces. What length is each piece of wood? Strategy- division. 3 meters = 300cms 300÷2 =150cms 1 meter 50 centimters A piece of wood is 5m long. A joiner cuts off 170cm. How long is the wood now? Strategy-subtraction. 5 meters= 500cms 500-170 =330cms 3 meters 30 centimeters Paul digs 6 rows of earth to plant vegetables. The rows are 3 meters long. What length of ground has he dug altogether? Strategy-multiplication 6x3 =18 meters Amy cuts 5 lengths of pipe. Each length is 20 cm. What is the total length of the 5 pieces? Strategy-multiplication 20x5 100 centimeters 1 meter long Sinead runs 3000m in a race. After 1200. She stops. How far has she left to go? Strategy-subtraction 3000-1200 =1800m 6m of ribbon are cut into 4 equal lengths. How long is each length? Strategy- division 6m=600cms 600÷4 =150cms 1 meter 50 centimeters 1.5m * *