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Volume Measurement Exploration

Georgia and Hugo are checking water supplies before a sailing-club trip. Use the information on this sheet to estimate, convert and calculate volumes. Show your working where helpful.

Read a measuring scale

A measuring jug has evenly spaced marks from 0 mL to 1 L, with a mark every 100 mL. The liquid level is at the sixth mark above 0 mL.

1.What volume of liquid is in the jug? Include the unit.
2.Zoe reads the jug while it is sitting on a bench. Which method gives the most reliable reading?
  • Look at the liquid level from above the jug.
  • Place your eyes level with the liquid surface and read the scale.
  • Tilt the jug until the liquid reaches a numbered mark.
3.Hugo pours another 250 mL into the jug. How much liquid is in the jug now?

Plan the water supply

The club has four reusable bottles. Each bottle holds 750 mL. The group also has a 2 L water container.

4.Complete the conversion: 1 L = mL.
5.How many millilitres of water do the four full bottles hold altogether?
6.Convert the 2 L container into millilitres.
7.How much water is there altogether in the four bottles and the full container? Give your answer in litres.
8.The crew uses 1.4 L of water during the trip. How much of the 5 L supply remains?

Choose sensible measures

Use litres for larger amounts and millilitres for smaller amounts. Remember that volume tells how much space a liquid or container holds.

9.Choose the most sensible unit and approximate volume for a filled household kettle.
  • About 1.5 L
  • About 1.5 mL
  • About 1.5 kL
10.A 1.2 L bottle is poured into a container that already has 350 mL. What is the new total volume in millilitres?
11.Two containers can hold the same volume even if they have different shapes. Explain why a tall, narrow container and a short, wide container could each hold an equal volume.

2 printable pages

  • Volume Measurement Exploration, page 1 of 2: Read a measuring scale, Plan the water supply

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  • Volume Measurement Exploration, page 2 of 2: Choose sensible measures

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