Level 2 Maths - Measure Problems

Which of the following lengths is the longest?

Cormac piles pieces of cardboard one on top of the other. He places 12 pieces in the pile. The thickness of each piece of cardboard is 1.6 mm.  How high is the stack of cardboard?

The answer should be given in centimetres.

At high tide on Monday, the seawater level was 10.6 m. The levels were monitored for the next four days. On each of these days, the level rose by 10 cm. How high was the seawater at the end of the four days? Your answer should be in metres.

Sebastien is 1.2 m tall at the start of 2024. At the start of 2025 he is 8 cm taller than at the start of 2024.  How tall is he at the start of 2025?

Your answer should be in centimetres.

Daniel, Shannon and James are racing their bikes in the street.  All three bikes are together when they start. After 2 minutes Daniel has travelled 620 m.  Shannon has travelled twice as far as James and James has travelled three times as far as Daniel.  How far apart are Shannon and Daniel at this time?

Your answer should be in kilometres.

The distance between Village A and Village B is 14.4 km.  I start at Village A and run one quarter of the distance to Village B.  How far do I still have to run to reach Village B?

Give your answer in metres.

There are emergency telephones placed every 1.5 km along a motorway.  What is the distance between the third and the tenth telephone?

Jacob goes for a ride in his new car. He travels for 13.5 km before stopping to take a break.  He then travels a further 900 m to a petrol station.  How far does he travel in total?

Your answer should be in metres.

Look at the diagram below.  There are 5 traffic lights placed on a road. The distance between the lights is 1.2 kilometres.  Darragh drives between the traffic lights.  He starts at light 1, drives to light 2 then back to light 1.  He then drives from light 1 to light 3 and back to light 1.  He continues in this way until he has driven from light 5 to light 1.

How far does Darragh drive in total?

Poppy is making a belt.   She uses different colours of cord to make the belt.  She uses 60 mm of gold cord and 35 cm of silver cord.  How many millimetres of cord does she use altogether?