Word problems with two units in them

Difficulty Stretch · Set u9u8uc

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1
A rope is 20 meters long. A piece 427 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
2
A rope is 19 meters long. A piece 1176 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
3
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 290 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
4
A rope is 9 meters long. A piece 739 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
5
A rope is 9 meters long. A piece 877 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
6
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 170 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
7
A rope is 11 meters long. A piece 388 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
8
A rope is 5 meters long. A piece 246 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
9
A rope is 16 meters long. A piece 1511 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
10
A rope is 19 meters long. A piece 279 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
11
A rope is 19 meters long. A piece 1659 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
12
A rope is 14 meters long. A piece 554 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
13
A rope is 18 meters long. A piece 1162 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
14
A rope is 7 meters long. A piece 632 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
15
A rope is 6 meters long. A piece 233 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
16
A rope is 12 meters long. A piece 767 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
17
A rope is 19 meters long. A piece 899 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
18
A rope is 12 meters long. A piece 1178 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
19
A rope is 12 meters long. A piece 1027 centimeters long is cut off it. How many centimeters are left?
20
A rope is 9 meters long. A piece 694 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 1,779.
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 238 different ones, 99% — so a sheet of 20 is a new sheet almost every time.

The same skill, harder or easier

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