TOPIC LENGTH

7.2.1 Relationship Between Units of Length

5 420 m =

State 34 km in m.

Convert 14 m to km.

Change 8 020 m to km and m.

Convert

Convert 2

P km = 14 200 m
What is the value of P?

75 cm = ______ m

Convert 2 km 900 m to a fraction

10

....... ......... km

3
km to m.
8

1
km to m.
4

15 m = ______ km

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1 500 m converted to km is

17

0.72 km converted to metres is

12

9 km 7 m in metres is

18

3 km 725 m = ______ m

13

8 750 m = ______ km ______ m

19

19 m = ______ km

14

12.24 km = ______ m

20

2.25km = _______________m

15

4km 50m = ____________km

16

15m = _____________ km

21

4
km =
5

22

3
km = _____________ m
4

_____________ m

7.3.1

Basic Operations Involving Length

i.
Add and Subtract units of length involving conversion of units in
a) kilometers
b) kilometers and meters

61.2 km + 1 499 km + 24.5 km = _______m

10 km 2.17 km = _________ m

16.41 km + 7.8 km = _________ m

Subtract 8 460 m from 52 km.

207.6 km + 594 km + 732.01 km = _____ m

1 475 km 748 km = _________ m

8.02 km 141 m = _________m

10

0.76 km + 85 m = km

Fill in the missing number.

2
km = __________ m
5

11.3 km 739 m = __________ m

11

7.5 km +

What must be added to 6 789 m to get

100 km?

12

3.7 km + 724 m =
Give your answer in m.

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18.03km - 386m = ______

Give your answer in km.

19

14

372.2 km + 479.2 km = ______ km

20

4.721 km + 31.752 km + 3.217 km

2
km + 0.5 km = ______ m
5

= _____ km

15

21.724 km +

= 42 km

21

780 m + 21.47 km + 920 m = ______ m

What is the value in the box?

16

4
km + 300 m + 1.75 km = ______ km
5

22

42.57 km 2.739 km = ______ km

17

37.272 km 890 m 1.745 km=

23

47.568 km

32.71 km = 0.872 km

What is the value in the box?

18

49.74 km 17.052 km 948 m =

24

Solve the following.

km 982 m 7.2 km = 15.272 km
What is the value in the box?

7.3.1

Basic Operations Involving Length

ii.
Multiply and Divide units of length in km involving conversion of units with
a) A one digit numbers

5 0.916 km = ___________ m

865.89 km 9 = ___________ m

9.128 km 8 = __________ m

7.26 km 3 =
Express your answer in m.

21.25 km 4 = ____________ km

23.6 km 5 = ____________ m

47.033 m 7 = _________ km

10

60 501 m X 7 = ______ km _______m

84.052 km 4 = _____________ m

11

41.14 X 2 = ________km _______ m

31.055 km 5 = __________ m

12

9.128 km 8 = ____________ m

7.3.1

Basic Operations Involving Length

Multiply and Divide units of length in km involving conversion of units
With
b) 10, 100, 1 000

320 km 10 = ______ m

m 100 = 84 km
The missing number in the box is

50 300m 100 = .. km

3.725 km 1 000 = ______ km

5.4 km 10

Calculate 1.36 m X 100.

Convert your answer to km.

0.78 km

1
km x 100 = _____________ m
2

x 10

= _____________ m

____________ m

402 km 100 = ______________ m

10

20 km 100 = __________ m

11

908 m 10

12

____________ km

3
km x 1000 = _____________ m
5

7.3.2

Basic Operations Involving Length

iii.
Solve problems Involving Basic Operation on Length.

In the diagram, PQR is a straight line. The

length of PQ is 965 m less than the length
of PR.

There are 15 lamp posts along a road of

2.94 km. If the lamp posts are of equal
distance from each other, find the distance,
in m, between the first and the second lamp
post.

The diagram shows the locations of three

points, P, Q and R.

Find the length of PR, in m.

The diagram shows the location of three

towns, X, Y and Z. The distance from X
to Z through Y is 340 km. The distance from
Y to Z is four times the distance from X to Y.

Q
54 km
R
61.3 km

What is the distance, in km, from X to Y ?

The length of river X is 34.917 km. River Y is

9 times as long as river X. Calculate the
length of river Y, in km.

What is the difference in distance

between PQ and QR, in m?

Ahmad drove 135.48 km from town P to

town Q, and another 96.73 km to reach
town R. Find the distance, in km, between
town P and town R.

Road A is 132.8 km long. Road B is 840 m

longer than road A. Find the length, in km,
of road B.

10

The height of a building is 240 m. An

aeroplane is 5.2 km above the building.
Calculate the vertical distance, in km, of
the aeroplane from the ground.

The length of an iron bridge is 548 m. A

Wooden bridge is 0.06 km shorter than the
iron bridge. Calculate the length of the
wooden bridge, in m.

11

A 40.4 km highway is divided equally into

5 sections to be covered with tar. Find the
length, in km, of each section of the road.

An athlete ran the distances of 20.3 km,

37.5 km and 66.7 km on three days. Find the
total distance, in km, covered by the athlete.

12

The distance from P to Q is 7 times the

distance from Q to R. The distance from Q
to R is 9.465km. What is the distance from
P to Q?

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Mr Wong stays in Taiping. He works in a

school in Batu Kurau. He has to pass
Kamunting before reaching Batu Kurau. The
distance from Taiping to Kemunting is
7.8km while the distance from Kemunting to
Batu Kurau is 20km 750m. How far is
Mr Wong`s house from his school?

15

The perimeter of a basketball court is

127.5m. Ranjit ran 9 rounds along its
perimeter. How many kilometers did he
run? Give your answer correct to three
decimal places.

14

Diagram 2 shows the road map of five

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Diagram 3 shows two distances.

57.2 km

places, A, B, C, D and E.

32.75 km
DIAGRAM 3
DIAGRAM 4
Find the total distance from A to D.

Find the difference between the two

distances.

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19

Cikgu Simran lives in Kuala Kangsar.

From her house, she has to pass
through Padang Rengas and Cangkat
Jering before she reaches her school.
If the distance from Kuala Kangsar to
Padang Rengas is 11 km and from
Padang Rengas to Cangkat Jering is
13 km, calculate the total distance she
travels to and fro each day.

The distance from Mazlans house to

his school is 2.51 km, whereas the
distance from Adnans house to his
school is 3.75 km. Find the difference
in the distance from each of their
house to their school, in m.

The main road to Zoo Negara, which

is 12.7 km long, is closed. Visitors
have to use an alternative road which
is 19.75 km long. Find the difference
in length of these road.

20

If

3
of the road from town P to town
4

Q is flooded and only 37 km of the

road is not flooded, what is the
length of the road that stretches
from town P to town Q?

21

In conjunction with National Day,

1
4

of a road in Taiping was closed for

the national day parade. If the closed
section is 18 km, what is the length
of the road that is open to traffic?

22

If the length of a rope is 175 m, what is the

total length of 12 similar ropes, in m?

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The distance from one lime tree to the

next one is 10 m. If each row has
twelve trees, calculate the distance
from the first tree to the twelfth tree.

26

If the length of a roll of tissue is

352 m, calculate the total length of
25 similar rolls of tissue, in km.

24

Nirmalas height is 0.66 m while

Nazman is 3 times Nirmalas height.
What is Nazmans height, in m.

27

Encik Deraman has 36 iron rods of

the same length. If an iron rod
measures 6.5 m, what is the total
length of all the rods.

25

52 presents are tied with a ribbon

measuring 29.12 m. What is the
length of ribbon, in cm, used to tie
each present?

28

Pak cik Lam cuts a wire measuring

540.04 m into 46 sections of equal
length. How long is each section?

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Cik Nurbaya makes 75 rose buds

using a ribbon measuring 450 m long.
What is the length of ribbon used to
make a single rose bud if all the rose
buds are made using ribbons of equal
length?

32

Diagram 3 shows the distance of AB

and CD.
58.79 km

B
14.075 km
C

D
DIAGRAM 4

Find the difference between the

distance of AB and CD. Give your
answer in m.

30

31

A park has a length of 560 m and a width of

460 m. If Hassan jogs four times around the
park, what is the total distance that he
covers, in km?

40 similar baju kurung Kedah are

sew using 140.80 m of cloth. How
many metres of cloth is used to sew
one baju kurung Kedah?

33

Cik Fatin buys 4 250 m of ribbon.

She uses

3
of the ribbon. Find the
5

remaining length of the ribbon, in m.

34

Ranjit uses a 100 m wooden ruler to

measure his school field. He found
that the perimeter of the field is 39
times the length of the ruler. What is
the actual length of the perimeter of
the field, in km?

LENGTH
PAPER 1 - Answer all the questions. Each questions is followed by four answer choices. Only one of
the answers is correct. Choose the correct answer?
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1

How many m are there in 36 km?

Convert 35 m to km.
A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.0035
0.035
0.35
3.5

36
360
3 600
36 000

9 8.2 km 750 m =
2

2.4 km stated in m is..

A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

24
240
2 400
24 000
10

A.
B.
C.
D.

60 m = 0.6 km
6 m = 0.006 km
600 m = 6 km
0.6 m = 0.06 km
11

1
4
km + 1 km =
5
5
A.
B.
C.
D.

21 000 m
2 100 m
2 010 m
2000 m

A.
B.
C.
D.
13

0.02 km = 20 m
0.4 km = 40 m
1.6 km = 160 m
28 km = 2 800 m

85.96 km + 560 m + 2.377 km =

88.897 km
144.337 km
165.73 km
185.497 km

Table 1 shows the height of two building.

561 m 8 =
A.
B.
C.
D.

Which of the following is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

10.15 km
11.55 km
12 km
12.05 km
12

1 330 m
13 030 m
13 300 m
13 003 m

9.5 km + 2 km 50 m =
A.
B.
C.
D.

53.2 km 4 =

Which the following conversions is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

8.55 km
7.68 km
7.55 km
7.45 km

4.48 km
4.488 km
44.88 km
448.8 km

Building

Height

68.2 m

3.5 m
Table 1

Convert 2 km 600 m to km.

A.
B.
C.
D.

0.26
2.6
26
260

What is the difference in height between the

two building?
A.
B.
C.
D.

111.7 m
67.2 m
65.3 m
64.7 m

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Which of the following is the nearest to the

20 km?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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19 The width of a shop along a street is 7.5 m.

There are 30 shops along the street. What is
the length the street?

19.09 km
19.9 km
20.01 km
10.1 km

A.
B.
C.
D.

Diagram 1 shows a road connecting three

town, P, Q and R.

20

0.225 km
2.25 km
22.5 km
225 km

The Diagram 2 shows the location of tree

towns, W, X and Y.

5 km

2 km 100 m

Diagram 1

A.
B.
C.
D.

11.8
24
44.8
48

17 Madam Lim travels a distance of 11.5 km

from her house to her workplace. What is the
distance she travels, to and fro .If she works
5 days a week?
A.
B.
C.
D.

A.
B.
C.
D.

2.03 km
2.13 km
2.3 km
2.31 km

0.164 km
1.64 km
16.4 km
164 km

21 Every day Anisah walks to school. The

distance between her house and the school is
3.8 km. One day she walks from her house
and stop at the shops that is 1.24 km from
her house. Then she continues walking to
school. What is the distance from the shop to
her school?
A.
B.
C.
D.
22

2 560 m
2 640 m
4 040 m
5 040 m

8 km 1 825 m =
A.
B.
C.
D.

57.5 km
115 km
570.5 km
1 150 km

18 Firdaus jogs 355 m track for 6 times. What

is his total jogging distance?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Find the difference between the distance of

WX and XY.

8 km
10 km
12 km
15 km

16 There are 15 trees along entrance of a

park. The distance between each tree is 3.2 m.
Calculate the distance in m, from the first tree
to the last tree.

460 m

Diagram 2

The distance of QR is twice the distance of

PQ. What is the distance of the whole
road?
A.
B.
C.
D.

9 825 m
7 825 m
6 175 m
6 025 m

23 XYZ is a straight road. The distance from

X to Y is 1.4 km. The distance from Y to Z is

2
7

of the distance between X and Y. Find

the distance between X to Z, in m.

A.
B.
C.
D.

400
1 000
1 800
2 400

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Which of the following is the longest?

A.

1
km
2

Type of
Houses

B. 1 km 5 m
C. 1.5 km
D. 1 550 m
25

26

27

19.824 km
198.24 km
1982.4 km
19 824 km

402 m 10 = 40.2 km
3.15 km 100 = 315 km
225 m 100 = 22.5 km
5.27 km 1 000 = 5 270 m

7 km 650 m +

= 9 km 150 m.

What must be written in the

above?
A.
B.
C.
D.
28

29

30

1.5 km
2.5 km
16.5 km
16.8 km

3.85
3.95
7.9
9.7

431 m 100 = .. km
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.431
4.31
43.1
431

625 m 9 = .. km
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.56
5.625
580
850

25 m

50

40 m

30

53 m

10

Calculate the total length of wire needed, in m,

for all the houses.
A.
B.
C.
D.

530
1 730
2 450
2 980

32 Table 3 shows the length of 4 rivers, J, K,

L and M.

River
J

Length
6 km

1
the length of river J
2

L
M

Twice the length of river M

4.8 km
Table 3

3.2 km + 650 m = . km
A.
B.
C.
D.

Number of
houses

Table 2

Which of the following is true?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Length of
Wire per
House

Single
Story
Double
Story
Semidetached

1 652 m 12 =
A.
B.
C.
D.

31 Table 2 shows the types of houses and

the lengths of wire needed for wiring.

Calculate the total length, in km, of river K

and river L.
A.
B.
C.
D.

12.6
8.4
16.8
9.6

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Calculate the difference between 40 180
m and 8 470 m. Give the answer in kilometers.
A.
B.
C.
D.

31.71
44.52
44.68
48.31

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than 400 m?

D. 22. 662 km

A. 2.8 km
B. 2 080 m
C. 2 km 800 m
D. 2

9
km
10

35 A group of chefs decide to make a record

by making the longest cake. They need to make
1.84 km long cake. If there are 100 chefs
involved, how many metres of cake will each
chef make?
A.
B.
C.
D.
36

Puan Zainah bought 25 m of cloth to make

curtains. She cut the cloth into 10 equal
pieces. Each piece is 2.25 m. How much
cloth in cm, is left?
A.
B.
C.
D.

37

0.184
18.4
184
1 840

2.5
25
250
2 500

13.2 km + 8 225 m + 900 m =

A. 9.125 km
B. 20. 526 km
C. 22. 325 km

38 Divide 171.32 km by 8. Round off the

answer to two decimal places.
A.
B.
C.
D.

21.415 km
21.42 km
21.4 km
22 km

39 The length of a bridge is 820 m. A river is

10 km 60 m longer than the bridge. How long
in km, is the river?
A.
B.
C.
D.

10.06
10.88
11.42
18.26

40 Bakhtiar estimates that the length of a

bridge is 20 times the height of a coconut tree.
The coconut tree is 15.85 m high. The length in
km, of the bridge estimated by Bakhtiar is
A.
B.
C.
D.

0.317
0.371
3.17
3.71

Paper 2 - Answer all the questions. Show your working and write the answer in the space
provided.

Convert 21 400 m into km.

3.28 km 490 m =
Give your answer in km.

( 1 marks )

( 2 marks )

5 575 m + 35 m = .m

( 1 marks )

12 km 1.2 km = km

8.98 m 1000 = .. km

( 2 marks )

5
of 136.8 km = . m
9

( 1 marks )

( 2 marks )

Divide 67.92 km by 4.

3.76 km + 810 m = km

( 1 marks )

( 2 marks )

10

7.64 m 8.

( 1 marks )

8.46 km 2 = .. m

( 2 marks )

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How many metres are there

in 4.015 km?

(2 marks )

(4

Encik Jamal walked 4.3 km

on Monday. He
walked 1 080 m less on Tuesday than on
Monday. How far did he walk on Tuesday?
Give your answer in km.

( 2 marks )

(5

Ah Wei cut a rope measuring

987 m into 6
equal pieces. Calculate the length of each
piece.

( 2 marks )

(6

Kamal drives 37.52 km in 4

hours. How far
does he drive in 7 hours in m?

( 3 marks )

(7

Ismail walks 278 m to school

every day.
How many km does he walks in 5 days?

17

Nasuha walks 0.8 km while Najla walks

315 m more than Nasuha. Calculate the total
distance, in km that they have walked.

( 3 marks )
( 2 marks )

(8

There are 31 signboard along

the road. The
road is 258 km long. If the distance between
each signboard is the same, what is the
distance between the eighth and the ninth
signboard?

18

The distance from shop X to the post office is

1.8 km. Mary cycles

2
of the distance. How
3

many metres has she cycled?

( 2 marks )
(3 marks )

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In a television reality program, Mr. Ricky

1
runs for 3.5 km. Then he cycles for 6 km
2

20

Diagram 1 shows the location of 3 villages,

P, Q and R.

and swims for 400 m. What is the total

distance, in km, Mr. Ricky has coverd in the
reality programme?
P

Q 11.7 km

Diagram 1
The distance between P and Q is 850 m more
than the distance between Q and R. Calculate
the total distance, in km, from P to R.

( 3 marks )

( 3 marks )