Worksheet on Word Problems on Measurement 

Practice the questions given in the worksheet on word problems on measurement. 

1. Rachel has a rope of length 40 m. She gave 12 m 53 cm to Sam, 18 m 35 cm to Ron and 9 m 7 cm to Jack. What length of rope is still left with Rachel?

2. John has a jar filled with juice. After he poured 350 mℓ of juice in each 8 glasses he was still left with 200 mℓ juice in the jar. What was the capacity of jar in liters?

3. A worker transferred 50 bags of rice weighing 38 kg 500 g each into a truck. The weight of empty truck is 1480 kg. What will be the weight of the truck with the bags?

4. Jane has 63 m of ribbon. If she cuts 56 m 21 cm ribbon from it, what length of ribbon will be left?

5. Victor wants to make a book tower of height 48 cm. If the thickness of each book is 12 mm, how many books will he need to make the desired height?

6. Adrian has to take 2 spoons of multivitamin syrup each day. If the capacity of the spoon is 15 mℓ, what quantity of syrup will be taken by him in a week?

7. Neil has a bag of pulses which weighs 25 kg. While putting them in the shelf, he tore the bag and hence 1850 g of pulses fell on the floor. What quantity of pulses is still there in the bag?

8. A box of frozen vegetables weighing 144 kg 780 g was delivered at a grocery shop. If there were 15 packets of equal weight inside the box, what was the weight of each bag?

9. Menasha travelled 86 km 520 m by train and 11 km 480 m by car. What distance did she travel in all?

10. In a grocery shop, there was 2510 kg 350 g of wheat in the morning. During the day, 890 kg 600 g of wheat was sold out. How much of wheat was left in the shop in the evening? 

11. A tin contains 10 ℓ 150 mℓ, a second tin contains 5 ℓ 750 mℓ and a third tin contains 3 ℓ 875 mℓ of ground nut oil. What is the total quantity of oil?

12. A person purchases 3 m 30 cm of cloth and stitches a shirt using 2 m 48 cm of it. How much cloth is left?

13. Maria buys 2 ℓ 500 mℓ of milk daily. Find the total quantity of milk bought by Maria in a week.

14. Aaron ordered for 18 boxes of sweets each weighing 1 kg 250 g. Find the total weight of the sweets.

15. If 9 cups of equal mass are made out of 1 kg 530 g of silver, what is the mass of each cup?

16. If 24 metres of cloth is needed for 10 shirts, how much cloth is needed for one shirt?

17. Anju made 14 m 10 cm of rope on the first day and 12 m 15 cm on the second day. What is the total length of rope made by Anju in two days?

18. Raj travelled 750 km by cycle and 142 km by bus. How much did he travel in all?

19. Hari bought 222 kg of vegetable. He sold 111 kg vegetables. How much is he left with now?

20. A milk booth had 150 ℓ 300 mℓ of milk. He sold 50 ℓ 200 mℓ of milk. How much milk he left now?

21. Ram bought 5 kg 400 g sugar and 2 kg 100g rice. What was the total weight of articles?

22. A carpenter had 26 kg 350 g of glue. 14 kg 230 g of glue spilled. How much glue he is he left with now?

23. Sita bought 3600 g mangoes and 550 g apples. What was the total weight of the fruits?

24. The weight of Ajay is 62 kg 50 g and that of Sanjay is 58 kg 35g. Whose weight is more and how much?

25. Three tins contain 28 ℓ 95 mℓ, 46 ℓ 50 mℓ and 18 ℓ 90 mℓ oil. Find the total quantity of oil in the three tins?

26. Kamal travelled 345 km by train, 48 km 765 m by car and 36 km 990 m by scooter. What is the total distance that he covered?

Answers:

1. 0.05 m

2. 3 liters

3. 3405 kg

4. 6.79 m

5. 40 books

6. 210 mℓ

7. 23.15 kg

8. 9.652 kg

9. 98 km

10. 1619.75 kg

11. 19.775 ℓ

12. 0.82 m

13. 17.5 ℓ

14. 22.5 kg

15. 0.17 kg

16. 2.4 m

17. 26 m 25 cm

18. 892 km

19. 111 kg

20. 100 ℓ 100 mℓ

21. 7 kg 500 g

22. 12 kg 120 g 

23. 4150 g or, 4 kg 150 g

24. Ajay, 4 kg 15 g

25. 92 ℓ 235 mℓ

26. 430 km 755 m

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