Millilitres or litres? 0 Overview Using this Resource Connecting to the Curriculum Marking Student Responses This task is about selecting units of measurement. Complete each sentence to show which measure would be used by selecting millilitres or litres. Question 1Change answer a) Sina swallowed 15 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres of cough mixture. Question 1Change answer b) Jane filled a bucket with 10 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres of water. Question 1Change answer c) Karyn filled her van with 30 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres of petrol. Question 1Change answer d) Simon's cup of soft drink holds 300 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres. Question 1Change answer e) Anne put 100 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres of milk into the cat's bowl. Question 1Change answer f) Dad brought a 4 millilitrelitremillilitrelitre tin of paint. Question 1Change answer g) Ian used 750 millilitreslitresmillilitreslitres of water to cook the carrots. Task administration: This task can be completed with pencil and paper or online with auto-marking. Level: 3 Curriculum info: Maths, Geometry and Measurement, Measurement Keywords: capacity, units of measurement Description of task: Students identify whether litres or millilitres would be the best unit of measurement for a range of everyday measuring tasks. Curriculum Links: This resource can help to identify students' understanding of appropriate units of measurement for capacity . Learning Progression FrameworksThis resource can provide evidence of learning associated with Measurement sense, set 5 within the Mathematics Learning Progressions Frameworks.Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks. Answers/responses: Y7 (03/1999) a) b) c) d) e) f) g) millilitres litres litres millilitres millilitres litres millilitres 7 correct – easy 5-6 correct – very easy
