8. Look at the average heights of these animals and answer the questions below.
Elephant: 3m 96cm
Lion: 1m 26cm
Rhinoceros: 1m 82cm
Parrot:
a) What is the difference in height between the elephant and the giraffe? b) How much taller is the lion than the parrot?
c) What is the difference between the height of the rhinoceros and the height of the giraffe?
d) How much taller are the parrot and the giraffe together than the lion and the rhinoceros together?
e) How much more do the elephant and the parrot measure together than the lion? f) What is the total height of all the animals?
Multiplying Centimetres and Metres
Spider Boy jumped between two buildings. The distance between the buildings was 2m 42cm. He completed this jump 3 times. What was the total distance he travelled?
m cm 2
1 42
× 3 7
26
Giraffe: 44cm 4m 87cm
1. Complete the following.
a) m cm 1
×
43 3
b) m cm 2
×
11 2
c) m cm 3
×
01 2
d) m cm 2
×
78 4
e) m cm 1
×
34 5
f) m cm 3
65 × 4 2
2. Try these in your copy. a) 4m 34cm × 2 b) 2m 67cm × 3 c) 1.54m × 4