Measurement Word Problems

4th Grade MathMeasurement and Data4 pages

About this worksheet

Measurement word problems for 4th grade centered on Common Core 4.MD.2, with a quick-reference line (1 ft = 12 in, 1 lb = 16 oz, 1 L = 1,000 mL and more) printed at the top. Students convert 2-foot-6-inch boards to inches, read a trail number line to subtract 1 3/4 miles from 3 1/2, total punch ingredients in milliliters, combine three parcels weighed in pounds and ounces into one ounce count, chain time intervals from a 3:15 p.m. start, and make change from $20 after a marker-and-sketchpad purchase. Worked answers show every step.

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Curriculum objectives covered

4.MD.2

“Use the four operations to solve word problems involving distances, intervals of time, liquid volumes, masses of objects, and money, including problems involving simple fractions or decimals, and problems that require expressing measurements given in a larger unit in terms of a smaller unit. Represent measurement quantities using diagrams such as number line diagrams that feature a measurement scale.”

All six problems: distance in 1, the number-line diagram in 2, liquid volume in 3, mass in 4, elapsed time in 5 and money in 6, matching the standard's list nearly item for item.

What's inside this worksheet

Part 1: Distance and Length

Maya's four planter boards each measure 2 feet 6 inches; questions ask for one board in inches and the total in feet. Marcus's trail runs on a number line marked in fourths, Point B at 1 3/4 miles and Point C at 3 1/2.

Part 2: Liquid Volume and Mass

Leo's punch mixes 3 liters of ginger ale with 750 milliliters of pineapple juice for a total in milliliters. Three parcels (3 lb 4 oz, 2 lb 12 oz and 1 lb 8 oz) combine into ounces.

Part 3: Time Intervals and Money

Sofia starts at 3:15 p.m., works 1 hour 45 minutes, breaks for 20 minutes, then works 35 more. Derek pays for 3 marker packs at $2.75 each and a $4.50 sketchpad with a twenty-dollar bill.

How teachers use it

One a day

Six problems, six warm-ups for a week of the measurement unit. Problem 4's mixed pounds-and-ounces addition deserves the longest debrief.

Show the timeline

For Sofia's problem, require a drawn timeline rather than mental math. The 20-minute break is where mental adders lose the thread.

Calculator-free money

Derek's change question rewards clean written work: 3 × $2.75 first, then the sum, then the subtraction from $20.00. Grade the steps.

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