Cups in _____
Pints in ______
Quarts in ______
Milliliters in ___
Word Problems
100

The number of cups in 4 pints

What is 8 cups?

100

The number of pints in 10 quarts

What is 20 pints?

100

The number of quarts in 8 gallons

What is 32 quarts?

100

The number of milliliters in 5 liters

What is 5,000 mL?

100

Julia needs to find a container that will hold 4 cups of Gatorade. Should she use a pint sized, quart sized, or gallon sized container?

What is a quart sized container?

4 cups = 2 pints = 1 quart

200

The number of cups in 3 quarts

What is 12 cups?

200

Princess doesn't drink enough water and her vet is concerned. The vet says Princess should drink 3 pints of water a day, but she is only drinking 1 cup per day. How many cups per day more should Princess start drinking?

What is 5 more cups?

200

How many quarts is 3 pints?

What is 1.5 quarts?

200

The number of milliliters in 7.6 liters

What is 7,600 mL?

200

Hank wants to fill up a baby pool for his little brother. His mother tells him to only fill it up half-way. If the pool's total capacity is 24 gallons, how many gallons should Hank use?

What is 12 gallons?

24 gallons divided by 2 (half) = 12 

24 x 1/2 = 12

300

The number of cups in 1 & 1/2 gallons

What is 24 cups?

300

Quincy was supposed to make 8 gallons of soup, but he made 18 instead. How many extra pints did he make?

What is 80 extra pints?

8 gallons = 64 pints

18 gallons = 144 pints

144 pints - 64 pints = 80 pints

300
Lisa discovered her mother's measuring cups were incorrectly labeled. In order from smallest to largest, they were labeled pint, cup, gallon, quart. What is the correct order from smallest to largest?

What is cup, pint, quart, gallon?

300

Sandy needs to know how many mL her 2 L bottle has left after she pours a glass to drink. If her glass holds 475 mL, how many mL are left in the bottle?

What is 1,525 mL?

2 L = 2,000 mL

2,000mL  - 475mL = 1,525 mL

300
Amelia's water bottle is leaking. She calculated that she is losing 250 mL per hour. How many hours will it take for her bottle to be completely empty if she starts with 1 L?

What is 4 hours?

1,000 mL = 1 L

1,000 mL / 250 mL = 4

400

Sam is hosting a birthday party. He has 25 guests and he wants to make sure he has enough Pepsi for each guest to have 2 cups. How many gallon sized bottles of Pepsi should he buy?

What is 4 gallons?

25 guests x 2 cups each = 50 cups needed

50 cups needed / 16 cups per gallon = 3.125 gallons

400

Frankie knows that her coffee mug holds 3 cups of coffee. How many pints does it hold?

What is 1.5 pints?

400

Randy needs 8 cups of chili for his study group, but they are only sold in quart measurements. How many quarts should he buy?

What is 2 quarts?

400

Caroline has 6.9 L of lemonade to serve 30 people. How many milliliters should she pour into each glass?

What is 230 mL?

400

Fill in the blank with <,>, or =.

2 gallons, 1 quarts, 3 pints ___ 7 quarts, 12 pints

What is <? 

42 cups < 52 cups

500

A recipe calls for 1/2 gallon of fruit juice, one quart of ginger ale, and one pint of lemonade. How many cups of punch will this recipe make?

What is 14 cups?

500

Jeremy is working at a charity one weekend, and is instructed to fill several containers with 4 cups each of chicken broth. He has 8 total pints of broth. How many containers can he fill?

What is 4 containers?

500

On December 1st, Miss Lait went to the grocery store and bought 2 quarts of milk. On December 7th, she bought three times as much milk. How much milk in gallons did she buy on December 7th?

What is 1 & 1/2 gallons?

500
One can of soda has a capacity of 355 mL. How many liters of soda do 8 cans contain? 

What is 2 liters and 840 mL or 2.84 liters?

500

Nutritionists recommend drinking 8 glasses of water each day. If a glass contains 250 mL, does the recommended daily water intake exceed 1 L?

Yes. 8 glasses x 250 mL of water = 2,000 mL. 

2,000 mL = 2 L