IXL | Measurement word problems: metric units

Julie made sand art bottles to sell at her school's craft fair. First, she bought 4 kilograms of sand in different colors. Then, she filled as many 100-gram bottles as she could. How many sand art bottles did Julie make?

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question

Patty bought 2 liters of soda to serve her friends at her birthday party. She fills 8 cups with an equal amount of soda in each. How many milliliters of soda are in each cup?

milliliters

key idea

There are 1,000 milliliters in 1 liter.

solution

You need to find how many milliliters of soda Patty bought to serve her friends. There are 1,000 milliliters in a liter. So, multiply 2 liters by 1,000.

1,000

2,000

Patty fills 8 cups with equal amounts of soda. Divide to find the amount of soda she poured into each cup.

2,000

250

There are 250 milliliters of soda in each cup.

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