Measures (Time, Length & Weight)
11 free practice questions with explanations
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Measures (Time, Length & Weight): example questions & answers
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How many days are there in a week?
- A5
- B6
- C7✓
- D12
Answer: There are 7 days in a week.
How many minutes are there in one hour?
- A30
- B50
- C60✓
- D100
Answer: There are 60 minutes in an hour.
What time is shown when the clock reads 'half past three'?
- A3:00
- B3:15
- C3:30✓
- D3:45
Answer: 'Half past three' means 30 minutes after 3, which is 3:30.
How many months are there in a year?
- A10
- B11
- C12✓
- D52
Answer: There are 12 months in a year.
How many centimetres are there in 1 metre?
- A10
- B100✓
- C1000
- D50
Answer: There are 100 centimetres in a metre.
How many grams are there in 1 kilogram?
- A100
- B500
- C1000✓
- D10
Answer: There are 1000 grams in a kilogram.
Which unit would you use to measure the length of a pencil?
- ALitres
- BKilograms
- CCentimetres✓
- DHours
Answer: Length is measured in centimetres (or millimetres) for small objects like a pencil.
Which is heavier: 2 kg or 500 g?
- A2 kg✓
- B500 g
- CThey are equal
- DCannot tell
Answer: 2 kg = 2000 g, which is heavier than 500 g.
A film starts at 7:00 pm and lasts 2 hours. What time does it end?
- A8:00 pm
- B9:00 pm✓
- C10:00 pm
- D7:30 pm
Answer: 7:00 pm + 2 hours = 9:00 pm.
A bus arrives every 10 minutes. If one arrives at 9:00, when is the next?
- A9:05
- B9:10✓
- C9:15
- D9:30
Answer: 10 minutes after 9:00 is 9:10.
You need 3 litres of milk and have 1 litre. How many more litres do you need?
- A1
- B2✓
- C3
- D4
Answer: 3 − 1 = 2 more litres needed.