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Far and Near

Standard difficulty · 20 questions · 40 marks

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Show your working for Sections B and C. Answers are on the last page — try every question first!

Section A — Choose the correct answer8 × 1 = 8 marks
1.
4 km 41 m = ? m
  1. 4,410 m
  2. 4,141 m
  3. 4,041 m
  4. 441 m
2.
8 m 37 cm = ? cm
  1. 837 cm
  2. 8,037 cm
  3. 117 cm
  4. 847 cm
3.
96 cm 9 mm = ? mm
  1. 979 mm
  2. 9,609 mm
  3. 969 mm
  4. 105 mm
4.
Which sign goes in the box? 6 km 25 m ☐ 625 m
  1. +
  2. =
  3. <
  4. >
5.
1 cm =
  1. 1 mm
  2. 1,000 mm
  3. 100 mm
  4. 10 mm
6.
Which unit is best for the length of a train route?
  1. km
  2. ml
  3. cm
  4. mm
7.
9 km 630 m + 1 km 689 m =
  1. 12 km 319 m
  2. 11 km 319 m
  3. 11 km 219 m
  4. 10 km 319 m
8.
A 2 km road is split into equal parts of 250 m. How many parts are there?
  1. 500
  2. 8
  3. 9
  4. 80
Section B — Short answer8 × 2 = 16 marks
9.
Write 20,293 m in km and m.
10.
Write 4,508 cm in m and cm.
11.
Write 20 mm in cm and mm.
12.
Subtract: 9 m − 2 m 54 cm
13.
Each of 23 planks is 3 m 63 cm long. What is their total length?
14.
A 29 km 340 m road is shared equally among 9 work teams. How much does each team build?
15.
5 m of wire costs ₹120. What is the cost of 1 m? What is the cost of 14 m?
16.
What is the difference between 8 km and 7,572 m?
Section C — Word problems4 × 4 = 16 marks
17.
On a train route, Delhi is 798 km from Raipur and Nagpur is 2,822 km from Raipur, further along the same line. (a) How far is Delhi from Nagpur? (b) A train has gone 100 km past Delhi. How far is it from Raipur? (c) How far is it from Nagpur?
18.
Kabir buys a roll of 18 m cloth and cuts pieces of 3 m 29 cm, 4 m 57 cm, 4 m 71 cm. (a) How much cloth is cut in all? (b) How much is left? (c) Can another piece of 3 m 29 cm be cut?
19.
A charity ride is 3 km long. A cyclist has covered 1 km 744 m. (a) How much is left? (b) Water stalls stand every 200 m from the start, ending at the finish. How many stalls are there? (c) How many stalls has the cyclist passed?
20.
A fence uses 21 poles, each 1 m 45 cm long. (a) What is the total length of the poles? (b) Write it in cm. (c) If pole wood costs ₹87 for each metre, how much do 10 m of wood cost?
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QAnswerWorking
1(c) 4,041 m4 km = 4,000 m; add 41 m
2(a) 837 cm8 m = 800 cm; add 37 cm
3(c) 969 mm1 cm = 10 mm
4(d) >6 km 25 m = 6,025 m
5(d) 10 mm—
6(a) km—
7(b) 11 km 319 m9,630 m + 1,689 m = 11,319 m
8(b) 82 km = 2,000 m; 2,000 ÷ 250
920 km 293 m1,000 m = 1 km
1045 m 8 cm100 cm = 1 m
112 cm10 mm = 1 cm
126 m 46 cm900 cm − 254 cm = 646 cm
1383 m 49 cm23 × 363 cm = 8,349 cm
143 km 260 m29,340 m ÷ 9
15₹24; ₹336120 ÷ 5 = 24; 24 × 14
16428 m8 km = 8,000 m
17(a) 2,024 km; (b) 898 km; (c) 1,924 km2,822 − 798
18(a) 12 m 57 cm; (b) 5 m 43 cm; (c) Yeschange everything to cm first
19(a) 1 km 256 m; (b) 15; (c) 83 km = 3,000 m; 3,000 ÷ 200
20(a) 30 m 45 cm; (b) 3,045 cm; (c) ₹87021 × 145 cm