Rabbits
Capacity Problems
LO: To learn how to solve word problems involving Capacity.
Must: I can solve addition, subtraction and multiplication problems.
Solve these problems and write your answers and workings out in your Numeracy
books. Make sure you set your work out correctly like the example on the Numeracy
board.
Remember that:
1000ml = 1 litre
1 litre = 1000ml
1. Geeta drank a 200ml bottle of water at lunch and then a 250ml carton of juice.
How much did she drink altogether?
2. Anna has a litre bottle of coke and drinks half of it at lunchtime, how many ml are
left?
3. If David drinks 1 litre of water in one day. how much will he drink in a week?
4. I f I have a cup that holds 40ml and a mug that holds 30ml how many ml are there
altogether>
5. A cup of tea is 50ml and Sam drinks 4 cups a day. How many ml of tea does he
drink in a day? In 2 days?
6. If one bucket holds 1 ½ litres of water, how manu will 5 buckets hold?
Squirrels
Capacity Problems
LO: To learn how to solve word problems involving Capacity.
Should: I can solve word problems using all 4 calculation methods.
Solve these problems and write your answers and workings out in your Numeracy
books. Make sure you set your work out correctly like the example on the Numeracy
board.
Remember that:
1000ml = 1 litre
1 litre = 1000ml
1. I need a total of 500ml to water my plants and my watering can holds 100ml. How
many times do I need to fill it up?
2. If a can of pop holds 10ml how much will 4 cans hold?
4. Jill has to take 5 mls of medicine three times a day.
How much will she take in a day?
How much will she take in 4 days?
4. Charlie’s roof leaked and he used 5 buckets to catch the rain falling in the room.
Each bucket holds 4 litres. How much rain has been collected using all the buckets?
5. If a cup holds 200ml, how many cups would it take to fill a 5 litre bottle?
6. A cup or hot chocolate is 43ml. Another mug holds 134ml. How much hot chocolate
is there altogether?
7. If a mug holds 100ml, how many mugs of tea would a litre of water make?
Badgers
Capacity Problems
LO: To learn how to solve word problems involving Capacity.
Could: I can identify the important parts of the problem and the method of
calculation. I can make an estimate in my head and then write down my calculations.
Solve these problems and write your answers and workings out in your Numeracy
books. Make sure you set your work out correctly like the example on the Numeracy
board.
1. If a can of pop holds 100ml how much will 4 cans hold? How many more cans would I
need to male 1 litre?
2. If I have a 143ml cup of tea and a 247ml mug of tea, how much tea do I have? If I
made a 500ml pot of tea how much tea is left?
3. A bath holds 80 litres. A shower takes 35 litres. How many litres are used if I
have a bath and a shower? How much water do I save if I have a shower only?
4. A water bottle holds 455ml. If you swallow 254ml how much is left?
5. A jar has 560ml of jam. 342ml is used. How much is left?
6. Mary was being cheeky and filled her mum’s shoes with cooking oil. Each shoe holds
150ml. How much oil did Mary put in her mum’s shoes?
7. If a cup holds 240ml, how many cups could a litre bottle of pop fill? Is there any
left over, if so how much?
8. A jar has 245ml of jam. 144ml is used. How much is left? If I needed 321ml of jam
for a cake, how much more jam do I need?
9. I can buy my favourite pop in a 2000ml bottle. I drink 1344ml. How much is left?
10. A cup of hot chocolate is 43ml. A mug holds 221ml. How much more hot chocolate
does the mug hold than a cup?
Extension activity: Can you come up with your own capacity problems for your
friends to solve? Write these in the back of your numeracy books.