Word problems with two units in them

Difficulty Standard · Set mfj012

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1
A rope is 8 meters long. A piece 389 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
2
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 91 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
3
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 219 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
4
A rope is 9 meters long. A piece 637 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
5
A rope is 8 meters long. A piece 455 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
6
A rope is 2 meters long. A piece 69 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
7
A rope is 3 meters long. A piece 165 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
8
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 80 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
9
A rope is 3 meters long. A piece 118 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
10
A rope is 8 meters long. A piece 659 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
11
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 174 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
12
A rope is 4 meters long. A piece 192 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
13
A rope is 2 meters long. A piece 98 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
14
A rope is 7 meters long. A piece 539 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
15
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 412 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
16
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 347 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
17
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 277 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
18
A rope is 4 meters long. A piece 248 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
19
A rope is 8 meters long. A piece 130 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
20
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 105 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?

What is in this set

The numbers in this set run from 2 to 878.
Every problem in it will convert to a smaller unit.
A careful solution takes 3 written steps on average.
The mistake this set invites most often, in 100% of the problems: the two numbers were subtracted as they stood; one of them is in meters and has to be turned into centimeters first.
Answers are a whole number.

Drawing 240 problems from this page produced 233 different ones, 97% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

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