4th grade measurement word problems worksheets

Word problems for grade 4 trade the ruler for unit conversions inside stories: feet and inches, meters and centimeters, kilograms and grams, liters and milliliters. Your child converts to one unit, then adds, subtracts, or divides, the measurement work 4.MD.A.1 and 4.MD.A.2 describe.

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The kind of problems you'll get

Read each story. Show your reasoning and include the unit in each answer.

  1. Felix maps a bike route that is 3 km long for a park guide. What is the route's length in meters?

    Answer: 3000 m

  2. For a stage backdrop, Veronica unrolls 4 yd of fabric. What is the fabric's length in feet?

    Answer: 12 ft

  3. A library shipment includes a box of books weighing 6 lb. What is the box's weight in ounces?

    Answer: 96 oz

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Every version prints on US Letter or A4, with its answer key after the problems.

How to teach this

Before the first problem, build a small facts table together: 1 ft = 12 in, 1 m = 100 cm, 1 kg = 1,000 g, 1 L = 1,000 mL. Then have your child say the direction out loud before converting: going to a smaller unit means more of them, so 5 ft should become a bigger number of inches. An estimate first makes a slipped zero obvious.

Watch for: Kids write a bare number with no unit, and 7 could be inches, centimeters, or anything. Ask '7 what?' every time until the unit shows up on its own. Kids read the number at the end of the ruler even when the object starts at a nonzero mark. Ask how far it traveled, not where it stopped, and subtract the start from the end. Kids convert in the wrong direction, turning 2 meters into 20 centimeters. Smaller units mean more of them: going to a smaller unit multiplies (2 m is 200 cm), going to a bigger one divides.

Common questions about measurement word problems

Which conversions show up in fourth grade?
The everyday pairs: feet and inches, yards and feet, meters and centimeters, kilograms and grams, liters and milliliters. Each story needs one conversion, then a single add, subtract, multiply, or divide.
Does my child have to memorize the conversion facts?
The common ones, eventually. At first, keep a small table next to the sheet. The skill being practiced is choosing the conversion and the operation, not recalling 1 kg = 1,000 g under pressure.

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Aligned to Common Core 4.MD.A.1, 4.MD.A.2. Reviewed by the One more sheet team. Content version 240, updated September 2026.

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