Liquid Volume Word Problems

The pastry chef at Ariel's Sweets is making fudge brownies. The recipe calls for 36 ounces of sweetened condensed milk. The chef begins by using 4 cups of sweetened condensed milk. What amount of condensed milk is still needed to complete the recipe?

• 32 ounces

• 32 cups

• 4 ounces

• 4 cups

Cathy mixes bottles of powdered baby formula with water each day. She uses 6 cups of water to fill four 4-ounce

bottles, three 5-ounce bottles and two 8-ounce bottles. How many fluid ounces of water will remain from the original 6 cups of water?

• 1 fluid ounce

• 3 cups

• 3 fluid ounces

• 1 cup

Jaxon drinks one 32-ounce soft drink

and two 16-ounce glasses of water each day. How many cups of liquid does Jaxon drink each day?

• 48 cups

• 16 cups

• 6 cups

• 8 cups

David is making punch. He needs 3 fluid ounces of fresh grapefruit juice and 9 fluid ounces of apple juice for each

serving. David needs to serve 12 people. How many cups of punch will he need?

• 12 cups

• 18 cups

• 24 cups

• 48 cups

A corn plant gives off about 9 gallons of water each month during the growing season. How many pints of water does the corn plant give off each month?

• 144 pints

• 36 pints

• 72 pints

• 18 pints

Marty’s pitcher holds 64 ounces of water. She drinks 4 cups of water in the morning and 2 cups in the afternoon. How much water is left in the pitcher?

• 40 ounces

• 52 ounces

• 32 ounces

• 16 ounces

Each batch of pancakes Arlo makes needs 2 cups of milk. How many batches of pancakes can Arlo make with 2 quarts of milk?

• 8

• 4

• 2

• 16

Antonia made 96 fluid ounces of jam. How many pint jars can Antonia fill with the jam?

• 6

• 2

• 4

• 8

Ken buys two bunches of bananas. One bunch weighs 2 pounds 10 ounces. The other bunch weighs 1 pound 8 ounces. What is the total weight of Ken’s bananas?

• 3 pounds 2 ounces

• 4 pounds 2 ounces

• 3 pounds 14 ounces

• 2 pounds 8 ounces

Pablo fills a watering can with 2 gallons 1 quart of water. He uses 6 quarts of water on his plants. How many quarts of water remain in the watering can?

• 8 quarts

• 2 quarts

• 3 quarts

• 6 quarts