Length Word Problems
Name: ________________________ Class: ___________
Solve the following word problems. Show number sentence and your workings.
1. Lisa is 130 cm tall. Nina is 5 cm shorter than Lisa.
How tall is Nina?
2. John is 130 cm tall. Peter is 5 cm taller than John.
How tall is Peter?
3. Two rulers are 85 cm and 30 cm long. What is their
total length?
4. Line segment A is 120 cm long. Line segment B is 95
cm long. How much shorter is line segment B than A?
5. Andrew cut a piece of paper in 3 equal pieces of 6 cm each.
How long was the paper before he cut it?
6. A building is 80 meters tall. A flagpole on top of it is 25 meters
tall. How hight is the top of the flagpole from the ground?
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