The distance from Flo’s house to Fred’s house is 2.78 km following the motorway and 23970 cm following the country roads. Which way is shorter and by how much?

Country Roads - difference of 2540.3m

Country Roads difference of 254cm

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Metric Conversion

Rebecca Mann 4 questions

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1Bob had 5 metres of string. He wanted to share this equally between 10 of his friends to make shoe laces. How many centimetres of string would each of his friend have?
1. A50cm
2. B500cm
3. C50m
2Tracy used to run 1.5 km a day until she was 30 years old. She then started to run 486 metres less each day. How many metres did she now run each day?
1. A101.4m
2. B104km
3. C1014m
3Max’s shed door was 1.2 metres tall and 90 cm wide. He wanted to buy some wood to make a frame around the door, but the wood is measured in millimetres. What would these measurements be in millimetres?
1. A120mm & 900mm
2. B1200mm & 900mm
3. C120cm & 900mm
4. D12mm & 90mm
4The distance from Flo’s house to Fred’s house is 2.78 km following the motorway and 23970 cm following the country roads. Which way is shorter and by how much?
1. AMotorway
  difference of 254m
2. BCountry Roads -
  difference of 2540.3m
3. CCountry Roads
  difference of 254cm
4. DMotorway
  difference of 2.5m