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Year 4

Gozo College – Rabat Primary School

(Mr. George Curmi)

CAPACITY

NAME: _______________________________

CLASS: _______________________________

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CAPACITY

Hello! My name is Alvin.

I just flew in from planet Mars. It was a long flight, but well worth it
to get to spend time with you!

When I first arrived I couldn't understand how

you measure things, but my friend Sam taught
me all about measurement, and I am going to
share with you everything he taught me.

Since it was such a long flight, the first thing I could

use is something cold to drink. But I want to
know how much to ask for! So I can get a drink
that is not too big or too small.

Sam says I only need to know about millilitres and litres.

A millilitre is a very small amount of liquid. A millilitre is so small that it doesn't

even fill a teaspoon! Sam says if you collect about 20 drops of water, you will
have 1 millilitre.

A teaspoon holds about 5 millilitres of liquid.

In short, millilitres are often written as ‘ml’, so

‘100ml’ means ‘100
millilitres’.

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But a millilitre is definitely not enough for someone who is thirsty! So Sam told
me about litres.

A litre is just a bunch of millilitres put all together. In fact, 1000 millilitres make
up 1 litre.

1l = 1000ml

This jug holds exactly 1 litre of

water in it.

In short, litres are often written as ‘l’,

so ‘3l’ means ‘3 litres’. Milk, juice and
other drinks are often sold in litres.

Sam says to look on the labels, so the next time you are at the store take a
minute and check out how many litres or millilitres are in each container!

Now I know that a millilitre is very small, and a litre is like a jug in size. I think I
will ask for half a litre of juice!

So this is all you need to know:

1 litre = 1000 millilitres

½ litre = 500 millilitres
¼ litre = 250 millilitres
¾ litre = 750 millilitres
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Estimate
Choose the nearest capacity.

200ml 1½l 8l 180ml 600ml 1l 5l 0.3l 50ml

0.2l 40ml 5ml 2l 250ml 5l 20l 500ml 2l

1l 10ml 300ml 10l 0.8l 500ml ½l 200ml 700ml

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400ml 4l 40l 120ml 340ml ¾l 5ml 100ml 1l

1l 0.6l 5l 300ml 6l 0.1l 750ml 3l 0.3l

0.1l 900ml 1.5l 3l ½l 10l 40ml 350ml 4l

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Millilitres
Write more than, less than or equal to 1 litre.

1l = 1000ml

1. less than 1 litre

2.

3.

4.

5.

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7.

8.

9.

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One Litre
Find pairs of bottles that make one litre and colour them the same.

500ml 150ml 650ml 100ml 550ml

250ml 500ml 750ml 900ml

350ml 850ml 700ml 450ml 300ml

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Millilitres
Write how many millilitres of water in each container.

1000ml ÷ 10 = 100ml

1. 100 ml X 3 = 300 ml
2.

3.

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5.

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Millilitres
Write how many millilitres each set of containers holds.

1 1l = 1000ml
½l = 500ml
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3 5
4

6 8
7
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1. 1 l = 1000 ml
2.

3.

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5.

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9.

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Subtracting Multiples of 10
Professor Prune uses 30ml of each liquid. How much is left?

1.

2.

3.

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5.

6.

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Adding Near Multiples of 10
29l of petrol are added to each car. Write the new totals.

1. 32l + 30l = 62l 32l + 29l = 61l

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Litres and Millilitres
Convert these capacities into millilitres.

1. 1l 543ml 1543ml
2. 2.5l
3. ½l
4. 5l 457ml
5. 0.638l
6. 2l 876ml
7. 6.003l
8. ¾l
9. 1l 23ml
10. 4½l
11. 7.55l
12. 5l 76ml
13. ¼l
14. 4.23l
15. 3¾l

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Litres and Millilitres
Concert these capacities into litres and millilitres.

1. 3456ml 3l 456ml
2. 7.4l
3. 3¾l
4. 5429ml
5. 3.084l
6. 0.076l
7. 6.603l
8. 6123ml
9. 2½l
10. 5.89l
11. 0.653ml
12. 1078ml
13. 8.09l
14. 4¼l
15. 2005ml

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Litres and Millilitres
Convert these capacities into litres using a decimal point.

1. 4567ml 4.567l
2. 1l 348ml
3. 769ml
4. 6087ml
5. ½l
6. 2l 444ml
7. 5489ml
8. 5l
9. 6l 112ml
10. 431ml
11. 3l 70ml
12. 1¼l
13. 4l 66ml
14. 98ml
15. 2¾l

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Litres and Millilitres
Complete the table by filling in the missing capacities.

Millilitres Litres Litres and Millilitres

1. 4224ml 4.224l 4l 224ml

2. 3.653l
3. 4l 338ml
4. 5879ml
5. 9.451l
6. 7l 841ml
7. 1006ml
8. 5.034l
9. 3l 90ml
10. 673ml
11. 0.876l
12. 2l 78ml
13. 991ml
14. 0.075l
15. 0l 345ml

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Litres or Millilitres
Write litres (l) or millilitres (ml) in the space provided to show the correct
capacity of each container.

syringe = 10 ______

watering can = 3 ______

juice = 1½ ______

bowl = 700 ______

medicine = 100 ______ flask = 500 ______

pot = 4 ______
fish tank = 25 ______

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Full Glasses

How many glasses can you fill?

Lemonade Water Juice Wine

2 litres 5 litres 1 litre 4 litres

How many 500ml glasses can you fill with:

1. lemonade = juice =

water = wine =

How many 100ml glasses can you fill with:

2. lemonade = juice =

water = wine =

How many 200ml glasses can you fill with:

3. lemonade = juice =

water = wine =

How many 250ml glasses can you fill with:

4. lemonade = juice =

water = wine =

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Descending Order
Write the capacities from largest to smallest.

Largest

450ml
2500ml

5l

2l
60ml

1½l

Smallest
½l
4000ml

225ml 90ml

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Ascending Order
Write the amounts in order, smallest to largest.

1000ml = 1l

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Story Sums
Work out the problems. Show all your work.

1. Paul takes a 500ml bottle of water to

school. He drinks half of it at lunchtime.
Then he drinks another 120ml in the
afternoon.

a) How much does he drink at lunchtime?

ml
b) How much does he drink in all?

ml
c) How much is left in the bottle?

ml
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2. A bottle of apple juice holds 150 ml. If I add it to a 700ml jug of orange
juice, how much drink do I have in total?

ml
3. Look at the amount of water in these containers.

Container A Container B

Fill in:

a) Container A has ______ml of water.

b) In container A, another ______ml of water are needed to make 1l.

c) Container B has ______ml of water.

d) Container B has ______ml more water than container A.

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4. Sarah’s cup holds 150ml of milk.
a) How many cups can she fill with a 1l carton of milk?

cups
b) How much more does Sarah need to fill another cup?

ml
5. A spoon holds 5ml of medicine. The medicine bottle holds 100ml of
syrup.
a) How many spoons of syrup can Tony fill from the medicine bottle?

spoons
b) Tony takes 10ml of medicine every day. After how many days will
the medicine bottle finish?

days
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6. Soft drinks are bought in bottles of 1 litre. Clara needs to fill up 10
glasses of 250ml each. How many soft drink bottles must Clara buy?

bottles
7. A can of soup holds 400 ml.
a) How much soup do 5 cans hold?

ml
b) Each person needs 200 ml of soup. How many cans do we need for
12 people?

cans
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Problems
Work out the problems.

A 2 litre jug is full of lemonade. A spoon holds 5ml. How many

Jack fills four 250ml glasses spoonsful of water to make ½
from the jug. How much is left litre?
in the jug?

Show
all your
Minnie’s cup holds 150ml work. Jen drank 350ml from her
of juice. How many cupful are 1 litre bottle. How much is
there in a 1 litre carton? left in the bottle?

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