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Measurement, NAP-B3-CA10v1

A petrol container has a capacity of 10.25 L.

How many millilitres does the petrol container hold when it is full?

`1025` `10\ 025` `10\ 250` `102\ 500`
 
 
 
 
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`10\ 250\ text(mL)`

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`text(1 litre = 1000 mL:)`

`:. 10.25\ text(L) xx 1000 = 10\ 250\ text(mL)`

Measurement, NAP-L3-CA25

A water container has 5 litres of water in it.

Kate pours water into her dog's bowl.

She pours the water into the 250 cubic centimetre bowl until it is full.
 


 

How much water is left in the container?

250 millilitres 475 millilitres 4500 millilitres 4750 millilitres
 
 
 
 
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`text(4750 millilitres)`

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`text(1 cm³ = 1 mL)`

`text(5 litres = 5000 mL)`

`:.\ text(Water left)` `= 5000 – 250`
  `= 4750\ text(millilitres)`

Measurement, NAP-L3-CA05

Carrie has a small container of milk.

It contains 250 millilitres of milk.
 

Carrie buys a pack of 6 of these milk containers.

How many litres of milk are in the pack?

0.25 litres 1.5 litres 2.5 litres 15 litres
 
 
 
 
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`1.5\ text(litres)`

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`text(Total volume in pack)` `= 6 xx 250`
  `=1500\ text(mL)`
  `= 1.5\ text(litres)`

Measurement, NAP-K3-CA10

Sisko is making red cordial for his daughter's birthday party.

Red cordial is made by adding red concentrate with water.

Sisko adds 60 millilitres (mL) of red concentrate to 1 litre (L) of water.

How much red cordial has Sisko made?

`text(61 mL)` `text(160 mL)` `text(1060 mL)` `text(10060 mL)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(1060 mL)`

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`text(Total volume of red cordial)`

`=1\ text(litre) + 60\ text(mL)`

`=1000 + 60`

`=1060\ text(mL)`

Number, NAP-D4-NC16

A glass of water containing 255 mL of water is poured into a jug that already contains 1.65 L of water in it.

How much water is now in the jug?

`text(256.65 mL)` `text(420 mL)` `text(1.805 L)` `text(1.905 L)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(1.905 L)`

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`1.65\ text(L) + 255\ text(mL)` `=1.65\ text(L) + 0.255\ text(L)`
  `=1.905\ text(L)`

Measurement, NAP-D3-NC09

 

 
How much more water is needed to fill the jug to 2 L?

`text(400 mL)` `text(500 mL)` `text(600 mL)` `text(1500 mL)`
 
 
 
 
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`text(500 mL)`

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`text(Volume of water in jug)`

`= 1.5\ text(L)`

`:.\ text(Extra water to be added)`

`= 2.0 – 1.5`

`= 0.5\ text(L)`

`= 500\ text(mL)`

Measurement, NAP-F3-NC26

Patrick has 1 litre of cordial in a jug.

He pours the cordial into 3 identical glasses as shown.

Each glass holds 300 millilitres.
 

 
How much cordial does Patrick have left in the jug?

 
 about a quarter of a glass
 
 about one half of a glass
 
 about three quarters of a glass
 
 more than one whole glass
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`text(about three quarters of a glass)`

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`text(One strategy:)`

`text(Volume held in 2.5 glasses)`

`=2.5 xx 300`

`=750\ text(mL)`

 

`:.\ text(250 mL left in the jug, or about three quarters of)`

`text{a glass (225mL).}`

Measurement, NAP-I3-CA22 SA

A class is making ice-cubes for a science experiment.

One ice-cube container requires 0.35 litres of water to fill it.

How many millilitres of water would a student need to fill up one container?

   millilitres
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`350`

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`text(S)text(ince there are 1000 mL in 1 litre,)`

`text(Volume)` `= 0.35 xx 1000`
  `= 350\ text(millilitres)`