Measurement Problems - Unit Conversions and Calculations

Practice problems on measurement including unit conversions (length, mass, time), geometric volume calculations, and time-based arithmetic for Class X students

43 Questions Published

Questions

Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Divide $4\ kg\ 64\ g$ by $4$.

  1. $1.16\ kg$
  2. $10.16\ kg$
  3. $1.016\ kg$
  4. $101.6\ kg$
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Vineet packed $\dfrac {3}{4} kg$ of sugar each into $42$ plastic bags. Find the total weight of sugar Vineet packed.

  1. $34.5\ kg$
  2. $3.45\ kg$
  3. $31.5\ kg$
  4. $345\ kg$
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $2:15+2:00$ in minutes and hours?

  1. $2$ hrs $15$ minutes
  2. $2$ hrs $45$ minutes
  3. $4$ hrs $45$ minutes
  4. $4$ hrs $15$ minutes
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $3:13 A.M.+1:15 A.M. =$ ?

  1. $4:28 A.M.$
  2. $3:28 A.M.$
  3. $5:08A.M.$
  4. $1:15A.M.$
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Calculate the time $1:30+4:45$.

  1. $5:15$
  2. $5:45$
  3. $6:15$
  4. $6:45$
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If Tina weighs $\dfrac{2}{3}$times than Reema and Reema weighs $45$ kg, then Tina's weight is

  1. $45$
  2. $30$
  3. $15$
  4. $50$
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $3:50-2:45$ ? 

  1. $1:00$
  2. $1:05$
  3. $1:15$
  4. $1:25$
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is $4:15-3:30$ ?

  1. $00:45$
  2. $-1:15$
  3. $-00:15$
  4. $1:15$
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Gabriel watched $3$ old movies on videotape. The first movie was $62$ minutes long. The
second was $1$ hour $34$ minutes long. The third was $1$ hour $25$ minutes long. He started
watching at $3:15$ P.M. At what time did the last movie end?

  1. $7:00$ P.M.
  2. $7:08$ P.M.
  3. $7:12$ P.M.
  4. $7:16$ P.M.
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Mr Sahoo attended a 1-day workshop from 09:15 a.m. to half five in the evening. The workshop included a $1\frac{1}{4}$ hour lunch break, two 15 minutes tea breaks and 13 activities, each of equal duration. Calculate the duration of each activity.

  1. $30$ minutes
  2. $20$ minutes
  3. $25$ minutes
  4. $40$ minutes
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

The greatest length which may be used to measure exactly $\displaystyle13\frac{3}{4}:ft$., $\displaystyle17\frac{1}{2}$., 20 ft. and $\displaystyle21\frac{1}{4}:ft$. is given by

  1. 3"
  2. 15"
  3. 18"
  4. 21"
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

One inch is equivalent to $2.54$ cm. How many centimeters are in two feet? Round your answer to two decimal places.

  1. $5.08$ cm
  2. $12.62$ cm
  3. $60.96$ cm
  4. $30.48$ cm
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Subtract $778\ m\ 78\ cm$ from $2\ km\ 768\ cm$

  1. $1228.9\ m$
  2. $571.1\ m$
  3. $1221.988\ m$
  4. $189.22\ m$
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Add $1.25\ cm$ and $13.45\ cm$

  1. $2.595$
  2. $1.470$
  3. $14.70$
  4. $25.95$
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Subtract :
$23.67\ m$ from $1.4\ km$

  1. $116.33$
  2. $1376.33\ m$
  3. $13976.33\ m$
  4. $22.27\ m$
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Add $23.456\ m$ and $26.5\ cm$ .

  1. $499.56\ cm$
  2. $49.956\ cm$
  3. $237.16\ cm$
  4. $2372.6\ cm$
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A pole is painted yellow and black. The yellow part is $1.8\ m$ long and the black is three times longer than yellow part. Find the length of pole.

  1. $5.4\ m$
  2. $7.2\ m$
  3. $3.6\ m$
  4. $none\ of\ these$
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rita had $\displaystyle 38\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $ m long rope. She cut it into 5 equal parts. Then the length of each piece will be- 

  1. $\displaystyle 1\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $ m
  2. $\displaystyle 2\frac { 3 }{ 4 } $ m
  3. $\displaystyle 3\frac { 1 }{ 4 } $ m
  4. $\displaystyle 1\frac { 3 }{ 4 } $ m
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

If Harry runs $23\ m\ 5\ cm$ and Joy runs $14.37\ m$ from the same starting point, then how far is Joy from Harry.

  1. $8.68\ m$
  2. $9.13\ m$
  3. $86.8\ m$
  4. $91.3\ m$
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A conical cup 36 cm high has diameter of base 28 cm It is full of water. The water was poured into a cylindrical jar of radius of base 10 cm. The height of water in the vessel is

  1. 23.52 cm
  2. 16.92 cm
  3. 11.76 cm
  4. 13.65 cm
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A wire in the form of circle of diameter 42 cm is cut and bent to form a square. The side of the square is

  1. 16 cm
  2. 17 cm
  3. 33 cm
  4. 16.5 cm
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4\ m\ 45\ cm$ into centimetres.

  1. $445\ cm$
  2. $4450\ cm$
  3. $4.45\ cm$
  4. $4045\ cm$
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A box contains $4$ bags of sugar. The total mass of all $4$ bags is $7$ kg. What is the mass of each bag in grams?

  1. $1.75$ gms
  2. $17.50$ gms
  3. $175$ gms
  4. $1750$ gms
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Steven goes to the grocery store and is looking at a winter squash. It has a mass of $1.8$ kilograms. How many grams is the winter squash? 

  1. $1800$ gms
  2. $180$ gms
  3. $18$ gms
  4. $1.8$ gms
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $745$ cm into decimeters.

  1. $745\ dm$
  2. $0\ dm\ 745\ cm$
  3. $7\ dm\ 45\ cm$
  4. $74\ dm\ 5\ cm$
Question 26 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $328\ mm\ 45\ cm$ into meters.

  1. $3.73\ m$
  2. $33.25\ m$
  3. $77.8\ m$
  4. $0.778\ m$
Question 27 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Rosy measured a line for his art project. It is $400$ millimeters long. How many centimeters is the line?

  1. $40$ cm
  2. $4$cm
  3. $400$ cm
  4. $0.4$ cm
Question 28 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $3\ km\ 4\ m\ 350\ cm$ into centimetres.

  1. $10750\ cm$
  2. $3750\ cm$
  3. $30750\ cm$
  4. $300750\ cm$
Question 29 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following into metres:
$1436\ cm$

  1. $1.436\ m$
  2. $14.36\ m$
  3. $143.6\ m$
  4. $1436\ m$
Question 30 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4000\ mm\ 400\ cm$ into meters.

  1. $44\ m$
  2. $4.4\ m$
  3. $8\ m$
  4. $80\ m$
Question 31 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $23\ dm\ 9\ cm$ into centimeters.

  1. $2.39\ cm$
  2. $23.9\ cm$
  3. $239\ cm$
  4. $2390\ cm$
Question 32 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $3\ m\ 40\ cm$ into millimeters.

  1. $7000\ mm$
  2. $3400\ mm$
  3. $4300\ mm$
  4. $700\ mm$
Question 33 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $6045\ m$ into kilometres and metres.

  1. $6\ km\ 45\ m$
  2. $60\ km\ 45\ m$
  3. $6\ km\ 450\ m$
  4. $645\ km$
Question 34 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Jessica walks $2\ km$ a day. How many meters does she walk in two days ?

  1. $40$ meters
  2. $400$ meters
  3. $4000$ meters
  4. $4$ meters
Question 35 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $567\ mm$ into decimeters.

  1. $567\ dm$
  2. $56.7\ dm$
  3. $5.67\ dm$
  4. $0.567\ dm$
Question 36 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $4\ cm\  38\ m$ into decimeters.

  1. $384\ dm$
  2. $380.4\ dm$
  3. $420\ dm$
  4. $38.04\ dm$
Question 37 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert $12\ dm$ into millimeters.

  1. $1200\ mm$
  2. $120\ mm$
  3. $12\ mm$
  4. $1.2\ mm$
Question 38 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Write following $12$ hour times into $24$ hour times.
$7:43$ pm

  1. $7:43$
  2. $19:43$
  3. $19:43$ pm
  4. $19:43$ am
Question 39 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Convert the following as directed 

  1. 7000 m into km
  2. 3560 mm to m
  3. 1510 m to km
  4. 1635 cm to m
Question 40 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A copper sphere of diameter 6 cm is drawn into a wire of diameter 0.4 cm. The length of the wire is

  1. 6 m
  2. 8 m
  3. 9 m
  4. None of these
Question 41 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Diameter of a copper sphere is 6 cm. The sphere is melted and drawn into a wire of uniform circular cross section which is 72 cm long .The diameter of the wire is nearly

  1. 2.8 cm
  2. 2.7 cm
  3. 1.4 cm
  4. None of these
Question 42 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

A right circular cylinder and a sphere are of equal volumes and their radii are also equal If h is the height of the cylinder and d is the diameter of the sphere then

  1. $\displaystyle \frac{h}{3}=\frac{d}{2} $
  2. $\displaystyle \frac{h}{2}=\frac{d}{3} $
  3. $2h = d$
  4. $h = d$
Question 43 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

There is a rod of length $4\ cm$ and another rod of length $500\ mm$ has been joined to the first rod. Then the length of the rod(in cm) formed by joining these $2$ is :

  1. $450\ cm$
  2. $54\ cm$
  3. $9\ cm$
  4. $4.5\ cm$