Math Drills
Length (km and Tape Measure) worksheets for Grade 3 (Elementary School)
What this unit covers
Reading the scale on a tape measure comes first, and 1 km is grasped as a block of 1000 m. Conversions from km to m and from m to km and m, and down as far as m to mm, are covered, along with adding and subtracting lengths and reading straight-line distance and route distance off a map.
Misreading 1 km = 1000 m as 100 m turns 2 km 300 m into 230 m rather than 2300 m, and counting the zeros settles it. On the distance-versus-route question, children take the straight-line length on a U-Shaped Map and add that up as though it were the route.
Learning steps
Measuring Length with a Tape Measure
- cm
- m and cm
Units (km, m)
- km→m
- m→km
- m→km, m
- km, m→m
Units (m, mm)
- m→mm
- mm→m
Addition
- No Carrying (Calculation)
- With Carrying (Calculation)
- Word Problems
Subtraction
- No Borrowing (Calculation)
- With Borrowing (Calculation)
- Word Problems
Distance and Route
- km (Word Problems)
- m (Word Problems)
- Reading a Map
- U-Shaped Map
Worksheets
Measuring Length with a Tape Measure
Units (km, m)
Addition
Subtraction
Distance and Route
Summary Prints
Reading (Tape Measure)
- Measuring Length with a Tape Measure · cm2 questions
- Measuring Length with a Tape Measure · m and cm3 questions
Conversion
Shuffled questions- Units (km, m) · km→m3 questions
- Units (km, m) · m→km3 questions
- Units (km, m) · m→km, m3 questions
- Units (km, m) · km, m→m3 questions
- Units (m, mm) · m→mm4 questions
- Units (m, mm) · mm→m4 questions
Calculation
- Addition · No Carrying (Calculation)2 questions
- Addition · With Carrying (Calculation)3 questions
- Subtraction · No Borrowing (Calculation)2 questions
- Subtraction · With Borrowing (Calculation)3 questions
Word Problems
- Addition · Word Problems1 question
- Subtraction · Word Problems1 question
- Distance and Route · km (Word Problems)1 question
- Distance and Route · m (Word Problems)1 question
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Frequently asked questions
- What do the “Length (km and Tape Measure)” worksheets for Grade 3 (Elementary School) practice?
- They cover problems such as cm, m and cm, km→m, m→km, m→km, m, km, m→m, m→mm, mm→m.
- How many “Length (km and Tape Measure)” worksheets are there for Grade 3 (Elementary School)?
- 48 worksheets are free to use. Every one is a printable PDF and comes with an answer key.