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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: 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?
8 races
6 races
4 races
3 races

 Q 2: What is the best way to measure the distance from your house to the mall?
shoes
inches
kilometers
millimeters

Q 3: How many kilometers (km) in 112 meters (m)?
0.112 km
1.12 km
11.2 km
112,000 km

 Q 4: 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?
215 s
135 s
2150 s
75 s

Q 5: Which of the following would you use to measure your height?
kilometers
milligrams
a couple of midgets
meters

 Q 6: What does calibrate mean?
eat lots of cabbage
adjust a scale to balance correctly
visit California
put grams measures on a pan scale

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