John jumped 5.8 meters in the long jump, while his friend jumped 6.2 meters. How much farther did John’s friend jump?, Maria’s height is 1.52 meters, and Lucy’s height is 149 cm. How much taller is Maria than Lucy?, A swimming pool is 50 meters long. Paul swims 400 meters each morning. How many lengths of the pool does he swim?, Three rulers are placed end-to-end. The first is 30 cm, the second is 205 mm, and the third is 25 cm. What is the total length in both cm and mm?, It is 120 km from Manchester to Liverpool. How many meters is this? What is the total distance of a round trip?, I cycled 3.2 km, and my friend cycled 350 meters less than me. How far did my friend cycle?, The perimeter of a hexagon is 48 cm. What is the length of each side in both cm and mm?, The Perez family has driven 42.5 km of a 75 km journey. How much further do they need to drive?, The distance between two towns is 57 km. How many meters is that?, A park is 120 meters long and 75 meters wide. What is the perimeter of the park in meters?, Emily walked 3.5 km, while her sister walked 250 meters less. How far did Emily’s sister walk?, The perimeter of an octagon is 64 cm. What is the length of one side in both cm and mm?, A runner completed a race of 21 km, while his friend ran 18.5 km. How much farther did the runner go?, A rectangular garden is 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. What is the area of the garden in square meters?, The length of a tennis court is 23.77 meters. If a player runs the length of the court 10 times, how many meters has the player run?, A fence is 125 cm tall, while the gate next to it is 1.3 meters tall. How much taller is the gate?, The perimeter of a rectangle is 28 cm. One side is 6 cm. What is the length of the other side?, James ran 6.5 km, and Robert ran 300 meters less. How far did Robert run?, The total length of three books stacked side by side is 21 cm. If two of the books measure 8 cm and 6.5 cm, what is the length of the third book?, A track is 400 meters long. How many laps would a runner need to complete to run 5 kilometers?, A stick is 85 centimeters long, and a twig is 48 centimeters long. How much longer is the stick than the twig?, Sarah ran 350 meters, while Jack ran 275 meters. How much farther did Sarah run than Jack?, A bookshelf is 120 centimeters tall, and a table is 85 centimeters tall. How much taller is the bookshelf than the table?, A garden path is 450 centimeters long, and a driveway is 375 centimeters long. How much longer is the garden path than the driveway?, John’s fence is 3 meters long, and his neighbor’s fence is 2.5 meters long. How much longer is John’s fence than his neighbor’s?, A ribbon is 120 centimeters long, and another ribbon is 75 centimeters long. How much longer is the first ribbon than the second one?, A plank of wood is 2 meters long, and a pipe is 1.4 meters long. How much longer is the plank of wood than the pipe?, A toy car travelled 580 centimeters, and a ball rolled 465 centimeters. How much farther did the toy car travel than the ball?, A road is 750 meters long, and a nearby river is 640 meters long. How much longer is the road than the river?, A flower stem is 90 centimeters tall, while a plant next to it is 68 centimeters tall. How much taller is the flower stem than the plant?.

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