Fun with Capacity: Units & Multi-Step Problems

A jug holds 2 liters of juice. If you pour out 500 milliliters, how much juice is left in the jug?

• 1 liter

• 1.5 liters

• 750 milliliters

• 2.5 liters

Sarah has a 3-liter bottle of water. She drinks 750 milliliters. How much water is remaining in the bottle?

• 2.25 liters

• 500 milliliters

• 1.5 liters

• 2.75 liters

A recipe requires 1.5 liters of milk. If you have 3 quarts of milk, do you have enough? (1 quart = 0.946 liters)

• No, you need more milk.

• Yes, you have enough milk.

• You have exactly enough milk.

• You have too much milk.

Tom has 4 gallons of paint. He uses 1.5 gallons for one project and 1.2 gallons for another. How much paint does he have left?

• 3.0 gallons

• 2.5 gallons

• 1.3 gallons

• 0.8 gallons

A fish tank can hold 20 liters of water. If it currently has 12 liters, how many more liters are needed to fill it?

• 5 liters

• 10 liters

• 15 liters

• 8 liters

A container holds 5 liters of soup. If you serve 1.2 liters at a party, how much soup is left in the container?

• 2.5 liters

• 4.0 liters

• 1.8 liters

• 3.8 liters

Emma has 3.5 liters of lemonade. She wants to divide it equally into 7 cups. How much lemonade will be in each cup?

• 1.5 liters

• 0.5 liters

• 0.25 liters

• 1 liter

A car's gas tank holds 15 gallons. If it currently has 8 gallons, how many gallons more are needed to fill the tank?

• 10 gallons

• 5 gallons

• 7 gallons

• 12 gallons

A recipe calls for 2.5 liters of broth. If you have 3 quarts, how much more broth do you need? (1 quart = 0.946 liters)

• 1 liter

• 0.5 liters

• 0 liters

• 2 liters

Liam has a 10-liter bucket. He fills it with 3.5 liters of water and then adds 2.2 liters more. How much water is in the bucket now?

• 5.7 liters

• 6.0 liters

• 3.0 liters

• 4.5 liters