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Measurement Basics Worksheet

Ari, Sione and Isla are preparing food for a cooking class. Use metric units throughout. Show working for calculations and include units in every answer.

Choose the right measure

Use the cooking-class situation to think about which quantity and unit make sense.

1.Isla needs to measure 750 mL of milk. Which tool is most suitable for measuring this amount?

2.Match each cooking-class measurement to its most suitable unit: (a) mass of a pinch of salt, (b) capacity of a mixing bowl, (c) length of a baking tray, (d) mass of a sack of flour. Units: mm, g, kg, L.

Mass of a pinch of salt
Capacity of a mixing bowl
Length of a baking tray
Mass of a sack of flour

3.A recipe needs 1.25 L of stock. Sione has a jug containing 860 mL. How many more millilitres of stock does he need?

4.Ari weighs 0.375 kg of cheese. Convert this mass to grams.

Plan a batch

A standard batch makes 8 servings. The class wants to make 12 servings, so scale each ingredient by the same factor.

Ingredient

Amount for 8 servings

Flour

600 g

Milk

800 mL

Oil

120 mL

5.What scale factor takes the recipe from 8 servings to 12 servings? Show how you found it.

6.Calculate the amounts of flour, milk and oil needed for 12 servings. Give each answer in the same unit as the recipe.

7.The kitchen has 1.1 kg of flour. After measuring the 900 g needed for the larger batch, how much flour remains? Give your answer in grams.

Check, compare and explain

Use conversions and measurement reasoning to check the class's plan.

8.Which is the greater capacity: 1.35 L or 1,280 mL? Convert to a common unit before deciding.

1.35 L
1,280 mL
They are equal

9.The oven tray is 420 mm long. Convert its length to centimetres and metres.

10.A digital scale displays 0.006 kg of yeast. Is this a sensible display for a small recipe amount? Convert it to grams and explain briefly.

11.The group estimates that a full 2 L jug contains about 200 mL because they misread the scale. Explain one practical problem this could cause when following the recipe, and name a way to reduce the chance of misreading.