Worksheet on Subtraction of Length

Practice the third grade math worksheet on subtraction of length. This sheet provides different types of questions where you need to arrange the values of length under different columns to find their difference; subtracting length by conversion method; subtracting length without conversion; subtract the values arranged under the unit’s m, dm and cm under different columns and word problems on subtraction of length.

Solved Example:

Subtract 3 m 40 cm from 7 m 60 cm.

Solution:

Therefore, 7 m 60 cm - 3 m 40 cm = 4 m 20 cm.

1. Subtract the following by conversion method:

(i) 12 m 73 cm from 18 m 95 cm

(ii) 15 m 12 cm from 27 m 9 cm

(iii) 9 km 580 m from 30 km 990 m

(iv) 10 km 945 m from 25 km 35 m

(v) 7 m 4 dm 5 cm from 14 m 5 dm 8 cm

2. Subtract the following without conversion:

(i) 27 m 30 cm from 40 m 40 cm

(ii) 11 m 45 cm from 32 m 35 cm

(iii) 5 km 500 m from 16 km 800 m

(iv) 5 km 315 m from 27 km 210 m

(v) 3 m 9 dm 6 cm from 10 m 5 dm 8 cm

3. Subtract the following:

(i) 40 m 60 cm - 15 m 45 cm

(ii) 28 m 65 cm - 12 m 75 cm

(iii) 76 m 80 cm - 15 m 90 cm

(iv) 59 m 25 cm - 19 m 51 cm

(v) 82 m 29 cm - 15 m 78 cm

(vi) 70 m 80 cm - 16 m 96 cm

(vii) 15 m 5 dm 7 cm - 9 m 6 dm 9 cm

(viii) 18 m 4 dm 8 cm - 8 m 9 dm 3 cm

(ix) 23 m 0 dm 5 cm - 10 m 3 dm 6 cm

4. Solve the following:

(i) 27 km 215 m - 15 km 372 m

(ii) 40 km 219 m - 10 km 507 m

(iii) 30 km 490 m - 10 km 720 m

(iv) 117 km 115 m - 35 km 320 m

(v) 40 km 217 m - 10 km 528 m

(vi) 72 km 207 m - 18 km 435 m

(vii) 49 km 509 m 32 cm - 32 m 307 dm 20 cm

(viii) 48 km 207 m 35 cm - 4 km 635 m 75 cm

(ix) 21 km 417 m 72 cm - 14 km 714 m 95 cm

5. Subtract and write as shown.

6. A shopkeeper sold 315 m 15 cm of cloth on one day. Out of this 110 m 50 cm was colored. How much white cloth did he sell?

7. The distance between my house and school is 1 km 500 m. Ron’s house is 2 km 450 m away from the school. Whose house is far from school and by how much?

8. A tree was 8 m 50 cm high, out of which 3 m and 30 cm part from the top broke down. Find the height of the remaining part.

9. Ron jumped to a height of 3 m 80 cm. Ken jumped to a height of 3 m 10 cm. How much higher did Ron jump than Ken?

10. Mary is 1 m 25 cm tall while Pamela is 130 cm tall. Who is taller and by how much?

11. Sara had 3 m of ribbon. She used 242 cm of it to tie up a parcel. How much ribbon was left?

Answers for the worksheet on subtraction of length are given below to check the exact answers of the above questions to find the difference arranging the values of length.

Answers:

1. (i) 6 m 22 cm

(ii) 11 m 97 cm

(iii) 21 km 410 m

(iv) 14 km 90 m

(v) 7 m 1 dm 3 cm

2. (i) 13 m 10 cm

(ii) 20 m 90 cm

(iii) 11 km 300 m

(iv) 21 km 895 m

(v) 6 m 6 dm 2 cm

3. (i) 25 m 15 cm

(ii) 15 m 90 cm

(iii) 60 m 90 cm

(iv) 39 m 74 cm

(v) 66 m 51 cm

(vi) 53 m 84 cm

(vii) 5 m 8 dm 8 cm

(viii) 9 m 5 dm 5 cm

(ix) 12 m 6 dm 9 cm

4. (i) 11 km 843 m

(ii) 29 km 712 m

(iii) 19 km 770 m

(iv) 81 km 795 m

(v) 29 km 689 m

(vi) 53 km 772 m

(vii) 17 km 202 m 12 cm

(viii) 43 km 571 m 60 cm

(ix) 6 km 702 m 77 cm

5. (ii) 68 m 31 cm

(iii) 24 m 16 cm

(iv) 21 m 30 cm

(v) 26 m 34 cm

(vi) 11 m 16 cm

(vii) 10 m 00 cm

(viii) 22 m 12 cm

(ix) 31 m 42 cm

(x) 24 m 05 cm

(xi) 51 m 25 cm

(xii) 12 m 22 cm

6. 204 m 65 cm

7. Ron’s house is far 950 m

8. 5 m 20 cm

9. 70 cm

10. Pamela is 50 cm taller

11. 58 cm

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