Comparing Lengths

Q. The most suitable unit of length to measure the length of a room is _________.

1. centimetre
2. metre
3. kilometre
4. none of the above

Q. Maya used 1 m 50 cm of red ribbon and 4 m 28 cm of blue ribbon to make a flower. How much ribbon did she use in all?

Q. Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to measure the weight of a sack of rice?

1. Kilogram
2. Meter
3. Inch
4. Gram

Q.

Jacob helps paint a square mural in his classroom. Then he helps paint a mural in the hallway whose length is $6\mathrm{feet}$ longer and whose width is $2feet$ shorter. Let $x$ represent the side length of the mural in Jacobs classroom. Write an expression that represents the two binomials you would multiply to find the area of the hallway mural. Use that expression to find the area of the hallway mural if each side of the classroom mural is $8feet$long.

Q. Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to measure the weight of a sack of rice?

1. Kilogram
2. Meter
3. Inch
4. Gram

Q.

The distance between New Delhi and Kolkata is generally expressed in

1. metre

2. centimetre

3. kilometre

Q. Sunita has 8 m cloth. She uses 2 m 5 cm cloth to make trousers and then she uses 3 m 8 cm to make shirts. What is the length of cloth left with Sunita?

1. 2 m 8 cm
2. 1 m 5 cm
3. 5 m 13 cm
4. 2 m 87 cm

Q. Which of the following cannot be measured in liters?

1. Length of a cloth
2. Water in a tank
3. Milk in the container
4. Cough syrup in the bottle

Q. Sumitha bought 15m 25cm ribbon to decorate a gift box. But it was short for the gift box by 85cm. How many metres of ribbon she should buy?

1. 16 m
2. 10 m 16 cm
3. 16 m 10 cm
4. 15 m 10 cm

Q. Shashi's mother tied two clothes lines in her backyard. One is 6 m long and the other is 5.05 m long. How much longer is the first clothes line than the second?

1. 0.05 m
2. 0.85 m
3. 0.9 m
4. 0.95 m

Q. Squares of side 2 cm are placed end to end to form rectangles. Match the rectangles to their marked sides.

1. $12\text{cm}$
2. $8\text{cm}$
3. $10\text{cm}$

Q. Ram's school is 4000 m away from his home. How many kilometres did he travel to go and return from the home?

Q. Savitha has a measuring jar of 250 ml. She wants to fill water into a 1 L mug with the help of this jar. How can she fill it?

Q.

Suppose you are $5$ feet $2$ inches tall. Mention your height in centimeters

Q.
The chain is longer than the crayon.

1. False
2. True

Q. 3 km 375 m = ________.

1. 3075 m
2. 3305 m
3. 3375 m
4. 3370 m

Q.
C is the longest of the three pencils.

1. True
2. False

Q. Sort in descending order.
(Largest at the bottom)

1. 1 km
2. 1 m
3. 1 cm
4. 1 mm

Q. Lily planted a sunflower and she is observing its growth. Last week the height of the sunflower was 1 m and 30 cm, and now it has grown 40 cm more. What is the current height of the sunflower in cm?

1. 170

Q. Which of the following can be measured in liters?

1. Water in a tank
2. Length of a cloth
3. Distance travelled
4. Height of a person

Q. Samantha buys 12 m and 45 cm of ribbon to decorate a gift box. But the ribbon was short by 78 cm. What is the required length of ribbon for the gift box?

1. 11 m 67 cm
2. 13 m
3. 12 m
4. 13 m 23 cm

Q. Arrange the following values in ascending order.

1. $3$ km
2. $0.6$ km
3. $5000$ m
4. $500$ cm

Q.
The chain is longer than the crayon.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of the following cannot be measured in liters?

1. Length of a cloth
2. Water in a tank
3. Milk in the container
4. Cough syrup in the bottle

Q. The thickness of a credit card is about .

1. $1\text{cm}$
2. $1\text{mm}$
3. $1\text{km}$
4. $1\text{m}$

Q. SI unit for volume is

1. $m$
2. $m^2$
3. $m^3$
4. $km$

Q.
Two squares each of side 2 cm are joined end to end to form the above rectangle.

AD measures 4 cm.

1. False
2. True

Q. Which of these objects is long, longer and longest?

1. Long
2. Longer
3. Longest

Q.

State whether the given statement is correct or wrong.

Tina had $1556cm$ long cloth.She cut $13m50cm$ from it.The length of cloth left with her is $2.06m$.

Q. Which of the following is the most appropriate unit to measure the weight of a sack of rice?

1. Meter
2. Inch
3. Gram
4. Kilogram