Length, mass and capacity 2
6 Find the total volume of the water in these measuring cylinders.
500 ml
500 ml
500 ml
500 ml
400
400
400
400
300
300
300
300
200
200
200
200
100
100
100
100
Give your answer in litres.
Solving word problems with mixed units
Leon is solving a word problem. A bag of sugar contains 0.4 kg. A cupcake recipe uses 50g of sugar per cupcake. How many cupcakes can be made? Convert the measurements to the same units. 0.4 kg = 400 g
Now we can solve the problem.
400g
50g
50g
50g
50g
50g
50g
50g
50g
400 ÷ 50 = 8. 8 cupcakes can be made.
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