Capacity and Grams Word Problems

20 cups of water come out of the tap into a sink each minute. How much is in the sink after 6 minutes?

• 120 cups

• 120 gallons

• 26 cups

• 26 gallons

Lamya measured out 6 cups of water five times for a science experiment. How many cups of water did she measure?

• 24

• 35

• 11

• 30

Cole was filling up the class fish tank. On his first trip Cole brought 50 litres of water. In his second trip Cole brought 92 litres of water. How many litres did the fish tank hold?

• 152

• 142

• 124

• 160

Ashley says that one tank at the pet shop holds 345 litres of water. Sophia says that it holds 480 litres of water. What is the difference between their two amounts?

• 125 litres

• 825 litres

• 135 litres

• 130 litres

Madison is making cakes for the cake sale at school. The recipe says she needs 20 millilitres of oil for each cake. If Madison wants to make 6 cakes, how much oil does she need?

• 80 millilitres

• 160 millilitres

• 120 millilitres

• 140 millilitres

Griffin had one container that held 20 litres of juice. He wanted to split the total into smaller containers that hold 4 litres each. How many small containers will Griffin need?

• 24

• 4

• 6

• 5

Emma was taking water out of the fish tank. She started with 348 litres of water. She removed 23 litres of water from the fish tank. How many litres of water are left in the tank?

• 325 litres

• 371 litres

• 235 litres

• 314 litres

Camila was filling up the paddling pool for her puppy to play in. The pool had 98 litres of water in it. She added 33 more. How many litres of water does the pool have now?

• 101 litres

• 123 litres

• 65 litres

• 131 litres

Levi is making 8 cakes for the school bake sale. Each cake needs 3 cups of sugar. How many cups of sugar does he need?

• 32 cups

• 11 cups

• 24 cups

• 16 cups

Ms. Carley made 32 litres of fruit punch for a 4th of July party. If she divides them between 8 containers, how many litres will fit in each container?

• 3 litres

• 8 litres

• 6 litres

• 4 litres