Year 6: Full Lesson Plan - Manual / Resource - Page 16
World Record Word Problems
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The world’s tallest dog ever, Zeus the Great
Dane, was 111.8 cm tall. The world9s smallest
dog, Pearl the Chihuahua, measures just 91.4 mm
in height.
The European hamster is the largest species of
hamster. It is about 7.5 times the average length
of the smallest species of hamster, which is 4 cm
long.
How much taller is Zeus than Pearl in cm?
How long is the European hamster?
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Super tricky
The shortest male horse, named Bombel, stands
just 56.7 cm tall. This is 12.2 cm taller than
Thumbelina, the shortest horse ever.
If it takes 8Norman the Scooter Dog9 20.77
seconds to travel 30 m on a scooter, how long
will it take him to travel 100 m?
How tall was Thumbelina?
Round your answer to the nearest whole
number.
Super tricky
Super tricky
Francesca the rabbit holds the record for longest
fur on a rabbit. Rounded to the nearest whole
number, her fur measured 14 inches in length.
What is this in centimetres?
The Arctic tern holds the world record for the
longest round migration for a bird, which is
50,000 miles. How far is this in kilometres?
1 inch = 2.54 cm
1 mile = 1.6 km
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