Lesson 9 · Distance

Distance

MathematicsSubject
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1Fill in the blanks: (a) 1 meter is ......... cm. (b) A blackboard 3 feet long is ......... in long. (c) If you walk 500 m to reach school, you have walked ......... feet. (d) A bench 250 cm long is ......... feet long. (e) If a classroom floor is 500 cm long, the room is ......... in long.
2Change all of these measures into centimeters: (a) 3 m 60 cm (b) 6 ft (c) 8 ft 6 in (d) 11 ft 10 in
3Change all of these measures into inches: (a) 7 m (b) 15 m 30 cm (c) 7 ft 8 in (d) 25 ft 6 in
4Change all of these measures into feet: (a) 9 m 40 cm (b) 14 m 25 cm (c) 46 m 75 cm (d) 32 ft 8 in
5Change all of these measures into meters: (a) 24 m 80 cm (b) 53 ft (c) 44 ft 10 in (d) 88 ft 6 in
6A field is 650 ft 10 in long and 250 ft 8 in wide. By how many feet is the length greater than the breadth?
7A ground is 225 m 40 cm long and 150 ft 8 in wide. By how many feet is the length greater than the breadth?
8A wall is 567 m 50 cm long. Joined to it, another wall 225 ft 10 in long has been built. What is the total length of the wall in meters?
9A road 4567 m 20 cm long has to be built. After 789 ft 6 in of it has been built by community labour, how much road is left to build, in feet?
10Project work: make a list of the members of your family and find each person's height in feet. Change every height into cm, m and in, then present a report with your conclusion to the class.
11Change a piece of wood 2 ft 3 in long into centimeters.
12A student writes the length of a 12 m rope in feet as 12 ÷ 3.28 = 3.66 ft. Explain where the mistake is and find the correct answer.
13One window is 150 cm high and another is 4 ft 6 in high. Which window is taller, and by how many centimeters?