Practice Book Chapter 8: Answers

Exercise 1.1 Exercise 2.1

1. a) 5 cm b) 3 cm c) 6 cm 1. a) meters b) kilometers c) centimeters
d) 4 cm e) 1 cm f) 3 cm 2. a) 10 b) 97
g) 1 cm h) 2 cm i) 2 cm c) 22 d) 90
j) YZ k) RS l) YZ; PQ; WX; RS e) Circle: stadium
2. a) 4 b) 7 c) 3
3. a) 10 cm b) 5 cm c) 7 cm Exercise 2.2
d) AB; 3 cm e) PQ; 2 cm f) PQ
1. Circle:
4. a) Accept any line segment that is
a) m b) mm
5 centimeters long.
c) cm d) km
b) Accept any line segment that is
2. 3
11 centimeters long.
3. a) meter ruler b) centimeter ruler
c) Accept any line segment that is
c) odometer
8 centimeters long.
5. a) Accept any line segment RS that is
Exercise 3.1
9 centimeters long.
b) Accept any line segment TU that is 1. 389 cm
3 centimeters long. 2. 81 km
c) 6 d) TU e) RS 3. 153 m
4. 72 m
5. 59 mm
Exercise 1.2
6. 14
1. a) less than b) more than
c) less than d) more than
2. Answers vary.
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 1. Look at the picture.

Length Then, answer the questions.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
cm
Exercise 1.1 Measuring and drawing lengths in
centimeters Q
P
R S
Recap Y Z
W X
a) We can measure the length of a line segment with a ruler.

A B 5 cm
a) What is the length of PQ?
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cm
b) What is the length of RS? 3 cm

c) What is the length of YZ? 6 cm

Line segment AB is 6 centimeters long. 4 cm

d) What is the length of WX?

e) How much shorter is WX than PQ? 1 cm

b) We can draw a line segment of a given length using a ruler.
Draw a line segment 9 centimeters long. 3 cm
f) How much longer is YZ than RS?
1 Place the pencil at the zero mark.
g) How much shorter is RS than WX? 1 cm

h) How much longer is PQ than RS? 2 cm

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
cm
i) How much shorter is WX than YZ? 2 cm

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j) Which line segment is the longest? YZ

2 Draw a line segment along the ruler from the zero mark until k) Which line segment is the shortest? RS
you reach the mark of the given length.
l) Arrange the line segments in order.
Begin with the longest.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
cm YZ , PQ , WX , RS
(longest)

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Task Objectives Skills

1 To measure the length of a line Students are expected to read the markings on the
segment in centimeters ruler shown to find and compare the lengths of the
line segments in centimeters.
Tasks 1(a) to 1(d) require students to find the lengths
of the line segments.
Tasks 1(e) to 1(i) require students to compare the
lengths of two line segments.
Tasks 1(j) and 1(k) require students to compare the
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lengths of four line segments.

Task 1(l) requires students to arrange the line
segments in order, beginning with the longest.

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 2. Measure. Then, write in the blanks. 4. a) Draw a line segment 5 centimeters long.

L N

M
K
b) Draw a line segment 11 centimeters long.

a) KL is 4 centimeters long.

b) MN is 7 centimeters long.

c) KL is 3 centimeters shorter than MN. c) Draw a line segment 8 centimeters long.

3. Measure using a string and a ruler.

Then, answer the questions.

5. Draw the line segments.

A B
Then, write in the blanks.

P Q
P Q
a) Draw a line segment 4 centimeters longer than PQ.
Mark it RS.

X Y
R S

a) What is the length of AB? 10 cm

b) Draw a line segment 2 centimeters shorter than PQ.
b) What is the length of PQ? 5 cm Mark it TU.

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c) What is the length of XY?
T U
d) Which is longer, AB or XY? AB

How much longer? 3 cm 6

c) TU is centimeters shorter than RS.

e) Which is shorter, PQ or XY? PQ TU

d) is the shortest line segment.
How much shorter? 2 cm
e) RS is the longest line segment.
f) Which is the shortest, AB, PQ or XY? PQ
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Practice Book Exercise 1.1 (continued)

Task Objectives Skills

2 To measure the length of a line Students are expected to measure the lengths
segment in centimeters of line segments using a ruler independently and
compare the lengths.
3 To measure the length of a curve in Students are expected to measure the lengths of
centimeters curves using a string and a ruler independently.
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lengths of the curves.
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lengths of two curves.

Task 2(f) requires students to compare the lengths of
three curves.
4 To draw a line segment given its Students are expected to draw line segments given
length in centimeters the lengths by using a ruler independently.
5 To draw a line segment given its Students are expected to measure and draw
length in centimeters line segments given the lengths by using a ruler
independently. They are also required to compare
the lengths of line segments.
Tasks 5(a) and 5(b) require students to draw line
segments.
Tasks 5(c) to 5(e) require students to compare the
lengths of line segments.

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 Exercise 1.2 Length in meters and centimeters Exercise 2.1 Length in kilometers

Recap Recap The distance between

Cali and Palmira is
1 meter = 100 centimeters The kilometer is another unit of length. 28 kilometers.
We use kilometers to measure long distances.
1 kilometer = 1000 meters
20 30
cm
100 cm = 1 m
1 meter The height of the refrigerator is 1. Write centimeters, meters or kilometers.
(1 m) more than 1 meter.
a) A swimming pool is about 50 meters long.
The height of the refrigerator is
1 meter 25 centimeters. b) The length of a highway is about 25 kilometers .
1 meter c) The thickness of a novel is about 2 centimeters .
(1 m)

2. The picture shows the major roads connecting different places.

Write the distances.

stadium

1. Complete the sentences with more than or less than. • restaurant

a) The length of a doormat is less than 1 meter.

52 km
Eva’s home
30 km •
b) The height of a bus is more than 1 meter. •
c) The length of my bed is less than 3 meters. school
• 10 km 45 km •
water park
d) The height of a building is more than 2 meters.
a) The distance from Eva’s home to the school is 10 kilometers.
2. Estimate the following lengths. b) The distance from the water park to the stadium is

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Then, check your answers with a meter ruler or a measuring tape. 97
Answers vary. kilometers.
Estimate Actual measure c) The distance from Eva’s home to the restaurant is 22
kilometers shorter than the distance from her home to the stadium.
a) length of my study table about m m cm
d) Eva traveled from her home to the water park and then back to
b) length of my room about m m cm
her home.
c) height of my cupboard about m m cm She traveled a total distance of 90 kilometers.
d) width of a door about m m cm e) Circle the place which is the farthest from Eva’s home.
stadium water park restaurant
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Practice Book Exercise 1.2

Task Objectives Skills

1 To measure lengths and heights Students are expected to write ‘more than’ or ‘less than’
in meters and centimeters to compare the length or height of each object with the
given measurement.
2 To estimate and measure Students are expected to estimate the length or height of
lengths and heights in meters each object first. Then, they need to check their answers
and centimeters with a meter ruler or a measuring tape.

Practice Book Exercise 2.1

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Task Objectives Skills

1 To choose a suitable unit of Students are expected to choose the most suitable unit
measure when measuring of measure when measuring the lengths and distances
lengths and distances given.
2 To measure and compare Students are expected to measure and compare lengths
lengths and distances in and distances in kilometers.
kilometers Tasks 2(a) and 2(b) require students to read the diagram
to find the distance between the places.
Tasks 2(c) and 2(e) require students to compare distances
in kilometers.
Task 2(d) requires students to add distances in kilometers.

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 Exercise 2.2 Length in millimeters Exercise 3.1 Word problems
Solve the word problems. Show your work clearly.
Recap
1 mm
1. Understand 2. Plan 3. Answer 4. Check 5. Plus
The millimeter is another unit of
length.
0 1 1. Ruby used 234 centimeters of cloth to stitch some doll clothes.
We use millimeters to measure very
cm Riana used 155 centimeters more cloth to stitch some doll clothes.
short lengths.
How much cloth did Riana use?
1 centimeter = 10 millimeters

234 cm 155 cm
1. Circle the most appropriate unit used to measure each of the following. Ruby 234 + 155 = 389

Riana Riana used 389 centimeters of cloth.

a) height of a streetlight mm cm m km
?
b) thickness of a card mm cm m km

2. In a race, the distance covered by car A is 89 kilometers.

c) length of belt mm cm m km The total distance covered by car A and car B is 170 kilometers.
What was the distance covered by car B?
d) distance from New York to mm cm m km
Brooklyn
170 km
170 – 89 = 81
2. The thickness of a notebook is 6 millimeters.
The thickness of a textbook is 9 millimeters.
89 km
The distance covered by car B
3 ?
The textbook is millimeters thicker than the notebook. is 81 kilometers.

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3. A train is made up of 9 carriages.
Then, write odometer, meter ruler or centimeter ruler in the blanks.
The length of each carriage is 17 meters.
a) Samuel used a/an meter ruler to measure the length of What is the length of the train?
a sofa.
b) Maria used a/an centimeter ruler to measure the height of
a glass. 17 m
17 × 9 = 153
c) A developer used a/an odometer to measure the distance
between two train stations. The length of the train
? is 153 meters.
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Practice Book Exercise 2.2

Task Objectives Skills

1 To choose a suitable unit of Students are expected to choose the most appropriate
measure when measuring unit of measure when measuring the lengths and
lengths and distances distances given.
2 To compare lengths in Students are expected to compare the thicknesses of the
millimeters notebook and the textbook in millimeters.
3 To choose a suitable tool of Students are expected to choose the most appropriate
measure when measuring tool of measure when measuring the lengths and
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lengths and distances distances given.

Practice Book Exercise 3.1

Task Objectives Skills

1 To solve 1-step word problems Students are expected to solve a 1-step word problem
on length involving addition of lengths. They can draw a
comparison bar model to help them.
2 To solve 1-step word problems Students are expected to solve a 1-step word problem
on distance involving subtraction of distances. They can draw a
part-whole bar model to help them.
3 To solve 1-step word problems Students are expected to solve a 1-step word problem
on length involving multiplication of length. They can draw a
part-whole bar model to help them.

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 4. The total length of bridge A and bridge B is 504 meters.
The length of bridge A is 216 meters.
How much longer is bridge B than bridge A?

216 m ? 504 – 216 = 288

bridge A The length of bridge B is 288
504 m
meters.
bridge B
288 – 216 = 72
? Bridge B is 72 meters longer
than bridge A.

5. Zoe stacks 7 picture books on top of each other on a dictionary.

Each picture book is 24 millimeters thick.
The total height of the stack of 7 picture books and the dictionary
is 227 millimeters.
What is the thickness of the dictionary?

24 mm ? 24 × 7 = 168
The height of the stack of 7
picture books is 168 millimeters.
227 mm
227 – 168 = 59
The thickness of the dictionary is
59 millimeters.

6. Diego has a piece of wooden plank that is 233 centimeters long.

He uses 149 centimeters of wooden plank for a project.
He wants to cut the remaining piece of wooden plank into shorter
pieces of 6 centimeters each.

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How many such pieces can he get?

233 cm
233 – 149 = 84
The length of the remaining piece
149 cm 6 cm 6 cm
of wooden plank is 84 centimeters.

84 ÷ 6 = 14
He can get 14 such pieces.

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Practice Book Exercise 3.1 (continued)

Task Objectives Skills

4 To solve 2-step word problems
on length
5 To solve 2-step word problems
on length
6 To solve 2-step word problems
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Students are expected to solve a 2-step word problem
involving subtraction of lengths. They can draw a
comparison bar model to help them.
Students are expected to solve a 2-step word problem
involving multiplication and subtraction of length. They
can draw a part-whole bar model to help them.
Students are expected to solve a 2-step word problem

on length involving subtraction and division of length. They can

draw a part-whole bar model to help them.

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