Multistep Word Problems w/ Capacity 1
I have 1 L of water in a jug. I spill some. I have 780 mL left in the jug. How much did I spill?
220 mL
Max has 1 L of water. He drinks half of his. How much does he have left?
1 L = 1,000 mL
1,000/2 = 500
1,000-500=500 mL
Ali had 450 kg of wheat. She sold 274 kg of wheat today. How much wheat does she have left?
176 kg
A bag of chips weighs 800 g. How much would 3 bags weigh?
2400 g
1 popcorn kernel
1 kg
1 g
100 kg
100 g
1 g
Jenny, Stacey, and Eric planned to sneak up on Ms. Diver and splash her with water. The kids had 6 containers. Jenny had 3 bottles with 250 mL, Stacey had 2 bottles with 700 mL, and Eric had 1 bottle with 500 mL. How much water will they splash Ms. Diver with?
2,650 mL
Johnny and Sam fill up water balloons. Each balloon has 300 mL of water in it. Johnny throws 2 balloons at the gym teacher and hits him. Sam throws 3 and hits the music teacher. Holly sees what they are doing and pops 4 balloons. How much water hit a teacher?
2 x 300= 600 mL
3 x 300= 900 mL
600+ 900= 1500 mL
Jennifer weighs some objects in her desk. A pencil weighs 20 g, an eraser weighs 30 g, a ruler weighs 15 g, a pack of markers weigh 490 g, and a pencil case weighs 710 g. How much do the objects weigh altogether?
1,265 g
If a skateboard weighs 3 kg, how much would 7 skateboards weigh?
21 kg
pencil
2 g
20 g
2 kg
20 kg
20 g
Jim had 1 L of punch. He gave 300 mL to Tom, 200 mL to Kim, and 250 mL to James. How much punch does he have left?
250 mL
Jackie wants to make some sundaes for her friends. She needs to buy 1 L of ice cream. It comes in 200 mL cups. How many cups of ice cream should she buy?
200 + 200 + 200 + 200 + 200= 1,000 mL= 1 L
5 cups of ice cream
The weight of a goat is 40 kg. What is the weight of 3 goats that weigh the same thing?
120 kg
A stuffed animal weighs 725 g. How much would 6 of those stuffed animals weigh?
4,350 g
a tennis ball
5 g
50 g
5 kg
50 kg
50 g
I had 1 liter of water in a jug. On the way to the table, I spilled 26 mL of water. Then I poured Susan 80 mL of water, and Jane 105 mL of water. How much water is left in the jug?
789 mL
Tony and Jerry buy water guns from Walmart. Tony's water gun holds 200 mL of water and Jerry's holds 2 L of water. What is the difference?
2,000-200= 1,800 mL
Amanda is 16 kg heavier than her brother Ben. Ben weighs 58 kg. How much does Amanda weigh?
74 kg
A pirate finds 12 gold bars. Each bar of gold weighs 3 kg. How much do the bars weigh in all?
36 kg
baseball cap
8 g
85 g
8 kg
85 kg
85 g
A recipe calls for 750 mL of apple juice. If the recipe is quadrupled, will 3L of juice be enough?
750 x 4 = 3,000 mL=3 L
Yes!
I have a big bucket. I need to pour 1L of water in it. I only have a 150 mL container and a 25 mL container. How can I fill up the bucket with 1 L of water using the least amount of trips?
Fill up the 150mL container 6 times. 150x6=900, then fill up the 25 mL container 4 times. 25x 4 = 100
900 + 100 = 1,000 mL= 1 L
Alex weighs 36 kilograms, and his brother weighs 2 times as much. How much do they weigh altogether?
108 kg
Emily packs 9 marshmallows for a campfire. Emily knows the mass of one marshmallow is 7 g. What is the mass of the marshmallows she packed?
7 x 9 = 63 g
Spider
1 g
200 g
1 kg
200 kg
1 g