Math Drills
Subtracting Length (With Borrowing)
B-3Word 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 a birthday party, Henry received 25cm4mm of ribbon. If he uses 19cm7mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 5cm, 7mm
(2)In handicrafts, Hannah has 9cm3mm of wire. If she uses 5cm6mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 3cm, 7mm
(3)At home, Chloe found 10cm2mm of blue tape. If she cuts off 4cm9mm, how many cm and how many mm are left? Answer □ □
Answer: 5cm, 3mm
(4)At the birthday party, there was 8m20cm of ribbon. If 5m55cm is used, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 2m, 65cm
(5)At sports day, there was 4m20cm of rope. If 1m50cm is used, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 2m, 70cm
(6)At the park, there was 6m8cm of rope. If 3m38cm is cut off, how much will be left, in how many m and how many cm? Answer □ □
Answer: 2m, 70cm
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