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Metric Volume Measurement

A market stall needs accurate drink measurements. Use 1 L = 1,000 mL. Show your working where asked, and include units in every answer.

Get the units straight

Use millilitres (mL) for smaller amounts and litres (L) for larger amounts. Convert by multiplying or dividing by 1,000.

1.The stall has a 2 L jug. How many millilitres can it hold? Choose the correct answer.

20 mL
200 mL
2,000 mL
20,000 mL

2.Convert 3,450 mL into litres. Write your answer as a decimal number of litres.

3.A recipe needs 0.6 L of lemon cordial. How many millilitres is this?

Plan the drink batches

Use the measured amounts below to prepare and calculate drink batches.

Cordial: 250 mL

Water: 750 mL

Orange juice: 1.25 L

Sparkling water: 0.75 L

4.The cordial and water are mixed together. What is the total volume of one batch in millilitres?

5.How much orange juice and sparkling water are there altogether? Give your answer in litres.

6.A dispenser contains 5 L of water. Customers are served 1,350 mL. How much water remains? Give your answer in litres.

7.Reorder these container capacities from smallest to largest: 0.9 L, 950 mL, 1.05 L, 875 mL.

8.A jug scale has equal 100 mL intervals. What amount is halfway between the 400 mL mark and the mark two intervals above it?

9.A large container holds 2.4 L. Is that more or less than 2,350 mL, and by how many millilitres?

Choose and explain

Think about sensible measuring tools and what a capacity tells you.

10.Which tool would be most suitable to measure exactly 125 mL of cordial?

A 10 L bucket
A graduated measuring jug
A metre ruler
A bathroom scale

11.Explain the difference between the capacity of a bottle and the volume of liquid currently inside it.

12.A drink recipe uses 150 mL of concentrate for every 850 mL of water. Riley has 1.7 L of water. How much concentrate is needed, and how much drink will the recipe make altogether?