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STORY SUMS

A line drawn on the ground was 15 m 80 cm long. It was extended at one
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end by 2 m 12 cm. How long is it now?
m cm

Original length 15 80

Extension + 2 4 12

Total length 39 92

The line is now 39 m 92 cm long.

11 Solve the following.

(a) The teacher asked Anil to draw a 6 cm line.
But he drew a line of 8 cm. By how much the
line should have been shorter?

(b) Amrit has 12 m 20 cm long paper ribbon to
decorate one room. If she has to decorate 5 such
rooms, find the total length of ribbon that she

would need.

(c) My mother needs 5 m 75 cm saree material and
1 m 25 cm blouse material. How much material
does she need altogether?

(d) Navin took part in the long jump event at the
Annual Sport Day of the school. His last year
jump record was 5 m 25 cm. This time he
jumped 66 cm more than his last jump. How

much did he jump this time?

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