🥤 Part 1: Understanding Capacity

1. What does capacity mean? Write your answer below:

2. Circle the correct unit for measuring large amounts of liquid:

Millilitres (mL)

Litres (L)

Kilograms (kg)

3. How many millilitres are in 1 litre?

📏 Part 2: Converting Units

4. Convert these measurements. Show your working:

a) 2 litres = _______ millilitres

b) 1500 millilitres = _______ litres

c) 750 millilitres = _______ litres

5. Which measurements are equal? Check all that apply:

1 litre and 1000 millilitres

500 mL and 0.5 L

2000 mL and 3 L

250 mL and 0.25 L

🧁 Part 3: Scaling Recipe Quantities

6. Our muffin recipe serves 4 people and uses 500 mL of milk. How much milk do we need for 12 people?

7. The recipe calls for 250 mL of oil for 4 people. Complete the table:

For 4 people: 250 mL oil

For 8 people: _______ mL oil

For 12 people: _______ mL oil

For 16 people: _______ mL oil

8. If we need 1.5 litres of water for 12 people, how much water do we need for 6 people?

📝 Part 4: Creating an Algorithm

9. Write step-by-step instructions (an algorithm) for scaling any recipe from 4 people to 12 people:

Step 1: _________________________________________________

Step 2: _________________________________________________

Step 3: _________________________________________________

Step 4: _________________________________________________

10. Match the mathematical terms with their meanings:

1. Capacity

2. Scale

3. Algorithm

4. Convert

A. Change from one unit to another

B. Step-by-step instructions

C. How much a container can hold

D. Make bigger or smaller by multiplying

🤔 Part 5: Problem Solving

11. Sarah has a 2-litre measuring jug. She needs to measure exactly 1.25 litres of water. Draw or describe how she could do this accurately:

12. A recipe needs 375 mL of milk for 6 people. How much milk is needed per person? Show your working:

13. Circle the most sensible capacity for a coffee mug:

30 mL

300 mL

3 L

30 L

🌟 Part 6: Reflection

14. What was the most challenging part of measuring and scaling ingredients today?

15. How did working in a group help you understand capacity better?

16. Write one tip you would give to someone learning about measuring capacity:

Measuring Capacity Together

Measuring Capacity Together

🥤 Part 1: Understanding Capacity

📏 Part 2: Converting Units

🧁 Part 3: Scaling Recipe Quantities

📝 Part 4: Creating an Algorithm

🤔 Part 5: Problem Solving

🌟 Part 6: Reflection

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