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Measurement Levels 3-4

Maggie goes to gymnastics every week. She is very good at gymnastics and once won a gold medal. Her gymnastics club is 2km away. In a year she goes to gymnastics 15 times. How many kilometres does she travel in a year?
Nathan has a skateboard that is 47cm long. He likes to skateboard down hills. Once he skated down a really big hill that was 1 ¼ km long. How far is this in metres? Approximately how many lengths of his skateboard is that?
Nadia's left arm is 47cm long. Her right arm is 51cm long. How long are both her arms put together? Give your answer as centimetres and metres.
Mrs Bendall has 3 pens. The pens are 17cm, 120mm and 90mm long. What is the total length of all the pens?
Miss Gee has to drive 7 ½ km to get to school. On Monday, the road was blocked and she needed to follow the detour. The detour route is 9.5km long. How many km did she need to drive for the 5 days of the week, including Monday's where she had to follow the detour?
Mr Craig has very long toes. Both his big toes are 7cm long. One of his little toes is 3.5cm long, and the other one is 3.25cm long and all the other toes are 5.25cm long. What is the total length of all his toes?