Level 3
Mr Kyle had a piece of string measured 6 m 35 cm long. He used 221 cm and gave some of it to his neighbour. He found that he had 2 m 35 cm of string left. What was the length of string Mr Kyle gave to his neighbour? (Leave the answer in metres and centimetres.)
Level 3
Karen tied some ribbons along a rope in a row at equal distance apart. The distance between the first and the fifth ribbon was 8 m. The first ribbon and the last ribbon were tied 3 m away from each end of the rope. What was the length of the rope if she had tied 30 ribbons on it?
Level 3
Jaslyn placed 25 pins in a row from one to the other end of a bulletin board at equal distance apart as shown in the diagram. The distance between the first and last pin was 96 cm.
What was the distance between the first and eighth pin?
Jaslyn decided to remove 8 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?
Level 3
Jaslyn placed 25 pins in a row from one to the other end of a bulletin board at equal distance apart as shown in the diagram. The distance between the first and last pin was 96 cm.
What was the distance between the first and eighth pin?
Jaslyn decided to remove 8 pins and rearrange the remaining pins at a new equal spacing. What was the new distance of each spacing?