Math Drills

Subtracting Length

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What this worksheet covers

Grade: Grade 3 (Elementary School)
Topic: Length (km and Tape Measure)
Worksheet: Subtraction

One length is taken from another. The work starts at No Borrowing (Calculation), where the m side manages on its own, and moves to With Borrowing (Calculation), where 1 km is broken into 1000 m and passed across because it cannot. Word problems with a scene to read follow the bare expressions.

In a With Borrowing (Calculation) item, where 1 km has been broken down and passed to the m side, the km in the answer always comes out below the km of the length being subtracted from. Find that figure unchanged and the step of reducing it after the pass has gone missing. Whether a pass is needed varies with the scene in the word problems, so this test belongs to the bare expressions alone.

Distance and Route adds one step before an expression can be set up, reading a map. Only the direction has reversed from Addition, and the stance of bringing units into line before calculating is untouched.

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Questions & answers

Problems and answers on this worksheet

These are the problems in “Length (km and Tape Measure)”, shown with their answers.

(1)Tristan is walking a 2km100m hiking trail. So far he has walked 800m. How much will be left, in how many km and how many m? Answer □ □
Answer: 1km, 300m
(2)Conner is walking toward a park 1km800m away. So far he has walked 600m. How much farther is it to the park, in how many km and how many m? Answer □ □
Answer: 1km, 200m
(3)The distance from Naomi's home to the zoo is 4km300m, and the distance to the station on the way is 2km100m. What is the distance from the station to the zoo, in how many km and how many m? Answer □ □
Answer: 2km, 200m
(4)Oliver is walking toward a mountain campsite 2km500m away from home. So far he has walked 1km200m. How much farther is it to the campsite, in how many km and how many m? Answer □ □
Answer: 1km, 300m
(5)Shawn is running a 3km300m marathon course. So far he has run 1km600m. How much will be left, in how many km and how many m? Answer □ □
Answer: 1km, 700m

What to do next

Measuring Length with a Tape MeasureMeasuring Length with a Tape Measure Reading (cm)

Next unit: Division with Remainders

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