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instructions: read each problem carefully and solve. use the space below each problem to show your work and explain your thinking.
1. james decided to make his mother a cake for mother’s day. as he checked the recipe to make sure he had all the items he needed, he noticed that it required 30 deciliters of milk. he already has 1 liter of milk in the refrigerator. how many liters of milk will he need to buy for the cake recipe?

2. eric and paul both made airplanes in afterschool. they decided to have a contest to see which plane could fly the longest distance. eric’s plane flew 6 meters. paul’s plane flew 68 centimeters. which plane flew the longest distance and how much father did it fly?

3. ansley and her family decided to go to the beach for summer vacation. as they prepared to leave for their trip, her father programmed their gps with the address of their beach house in destin. they would need to drive 154 kilometers to get to the beach house. as they were driving, ansley noticed a sign that said, “destin – 1000 meters”. how many more kilometers meters is it to destin? how many kilometers have they traveled?

4. cailtyn loves fish. in fact, she has 4 tanks in her room filled with a variety of tropical fish. the tanks hold 4200 milliliters, 3600 milliliters, 1500 milliliters and 2000 milliliters. she needs to empty each tank and refill them. she only has a one-liter bottle to use to fill the tanks. how many times will she need to fill the liter bottle to re-fill all of her fish tanks?