3. a) Julie has to walk 1km 234m to school every day. How far does she walk in metres?
b) What fraction of 1 kilometre is 1 metre? Remember: 1000m = 1km.
c) How far does Julie walk in km? Write it as a mixed number and a decimal.
4. Now try these. a) 3984m = km m m
c) 1.238km = 1000km =
e) 2 132 ____
g) 6 9 __
10km = km m m
b) 1km 98m = d) 435m =
f) 8 19 ____
1000km = h) 10km 73m = Adding and Subtracting Metres and Centimetres
In a long jump competition, John jumped a distance of 4m 78cm in the first round, 5.09m in the second round and 486cm in the third round. What was the total distance John jumped in the competition?
When you add lengths, each of the lengths must be written the same way. So here we have 3 possibilities.
cm
478 509
_____ + 486
m cm 4 5
78 9
_____________ + 4 86 Check to see that the answers are the same in each case. Length 147 m
4.78 5.09
+ 4.86 _____ m km km km
b) 243cm = m cm d) 2.17m = m cm f) 3m 5cm = m 10m = m