Math Drills
Subtracting Length (With Borrowing)
B-1Word Problems
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What this worksheet covers
- Topic
- Length (cm, mm, m)
- Worksheet
- Subtraction (With Borrowing)
The large side gives up 1 cm or 1 m, which is passed down to the small side as 10 mm or 100 cm. Every item resists being done on the small side alone, and the shapes appear in bare equations and word problems alike.
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The 10 mm or 100 cm that were broken off get added to the length being taken away rather than the one being taken from. The result comes out shorter than it should, so holding it against the original catches it. Even where the direction is right, the step of reducing the large side by one goes missing.
One point separates this from Subtraction (Different Units): whether the small side can manage on its own. Here the large side has to be broken into, and with that the nine lessons of Length (cm, mm, m) are all in place.
- cm, mm (Word Problems)3 questions
- m, cm (Word Problems)3 questions
Questions & answers
Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Length (cm, mm, m)”, shown with their answers.
(1)At the park, Chloe picked up 13cm3mm of blue pole. If she cuts off 7cm6mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 5cm, 7mm
(2)At the park, Liam picked up 19cm1mm of blue rope. If he cuts off 12cm4mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 6cm, 7mm
(3)At sports day, Hannah received 14cm3mm of red ribbon. If she uses 8cm5mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 5cm, 8mm
(4)At sports day, there was 13m28cm of rope. If 9m64cm is used, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 3m, 64cm
(5)On the desk, there was 5m10cm of ribbon. If 2m40cm is cut off, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 2m, 70cm
(6)At the store, there was 6m14cm of tape. If 2m88cm is cut off, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 3m, 26cm
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