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MEAP Preparation - Grade 6 Mathematics
3.17 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.
Q 1: George, Sam, Henry and John were trying to decide who walked further to school. George walked 50 m, Sam walked 500 dm, Henry walked .05 kilometers, and John walked 5,000 cm to school. Who walked the farthest to school each day?
Sam
Henry
George
they all walked the same distance

 Q 2: How many kilometers (km) in 112 meters (m)?
0.112 km
112,000 km
11.2 km
1.12 km

Q 3: 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?
75 s
2150 s
215 s
135 s

 Q 4: 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?
3 races
6 races
8 races
4 races

Q 5: Jake went on a walk to a nearby park. He walked a total of 2.5 hm. How many meters did Jake walk altogether?
25 m
250 m
2.5 m
.25 m

 Q 6: Which of the following would you use to measure your height?
milligrams
a couple of midgets
kilometers
meters

Q 7: A piece of paper is 15 centimeters (cm) long and 14 centimeters (cm) wide. What is the area of the paper?
210 square cm
116 square cm
58 square cm
29 square cm

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

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