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Mr Lee had a piece of ribbon which was 2 m 85 cm long. He used 65 cm of the ribbon to tie a box of cupcakes and cut the remaining ribbon into 5 equal pieces. What was the length of each piece of ribbon?
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Jane bought 150 cm of yarn. She used 65 cm of it for decoration. She cut the remaining length of yarn into 5 cm pieces. How many pieces of yarn did she get?
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Risa was given a piece of lace of length 6 m 30 cm. She used a part of it to tie 5 curtains and 2 m 20 cm of the remaining length to decorate her room. Given that each curtain needed 50 cm, what was the length of the lace that was left behind by Risa? (Leave the answer in metres and centimetres.)
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Keith paints 65 cm of the wall daily. After 5 weeks, 8 m of the wall was still unpainted. What is the length of the wall? Give the answer in metres and centimetres.
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Nallie used a total of 10 red ropes and blue ropes.
Each red rope was 2 m long.
Each blue rope was 3 m long.
The total length of ropes she used was 26 m.
How many blue ropes did she use?
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At sunrise an ant began jumping up a 2-metre sand hill. Every hour, it was able to climb up 40 cm, but then slid back 30 cm due to the loose sand. How long did it take the ant to reach the top?
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The total heights of three ostriches is 1225 cm. Ostrich A is twice as tall as Ostrich B. Ostrich C is twice as tall as Ostrich A. What is the height of Ostrich C?
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A lace is twice as long as an umbrella. The umbrella is thrice as long as the stick. The total length of the lace and the umbrella is 3 m 6 cm. Find the total length of the lace, the umbrella and the stick. Give your answer in m and cm.
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A box is thrice as long as a book. The book is twice as long as a notebook. The box is 7 m 15 cm longer than the notebook. What is the total length of the book and the notebook?
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There are 3 pieces of strings with a total length of 2 m 96 cm. The first piece of string is 40 cm more than the second piece of string while the third piece is twice the length of the first piece of string. Calculate the length of the third piece of string. (Write the answer in metres and centimetres.)
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There are 3 strings of different length. The first string is 18 cm more than the second rope and the third rope is twice the length of the first rope. Given that the total length of the 3 ropes is 1 m 74 cm, find the length of the first rope.
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Richelle cut 460 cm of a ribbon into 3 pieces. The 1st piece was 3 times as long as the 2nd piece. The 3rd piece was 120 cm long. How long was the 2nd piece?
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String A is thrice as long as String B. String B is 36 cm shorter than String C. String C is 58 cm shorter than String A. How long is String B?
Level 3
Some flower pots are placed along a street at equal distances. The distance between the 1st and the 4th flower pot is 18 m. The distance between the 1st and the last flower pot is 54 m. How many flower pots are there altogether?
Level 3
Some students are standing in a row an equal distance from one another. The distance between the 4th and the 9th student is 30 m. What is the distance between the 5th and the 16th student?
