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Capacity (L, dL, mL) Review
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- Capacity (L, dL, mL)
L, dL and mL are met by counting containers and reading a scale. With 1 L = 10 dL and 1 dL = 100 mL, children restate a quantity in another unit, then add and subtract within one unit and across units, including the cases that carry and borrow.
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The standard error is misremembering 1 L as 100 mL and writing 3 L as 300 mL, so an answer with one zero missing identifies it. In Measuring Capacity (Reading the Scale), children count the lines without checking whether one mark stands for 1 dL or 2 dL, and write half the real value.
Comparing Capacity judged more and less by pouring water between containers; here, the amount of water is written as a number of L, dL or mL. This numerical way of grasping quantity continues into Decimal Units (Capacity and Length) in grade 3, where compound units are rewritten as decimals.
- Addition (Same Units) · Word Problems1 question
- Addition (Different Units) · Word Problems1 question
- Addition (With Carrying) · Word Problems1 question
- Subtraction (Same Units) · Word Problems1 question
- Subtraction (Different Units) · Word Problems1 question
- Subtraction (With Borrowing) · Word Problems1 question
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These are the problems in “Capacity (L, dL, mL)”, shown with their answers.
(1)In the kitchen, there is soy sauce: 2dL in one bottle and 6dL in another bottle. How many dL are there altogether? Answer □
Answer: 8dL
(2)At the park, Sam had water in a bucket: 8dL. He used 3dL in the garden. How much is left, in how many dL? Answer □
Answer: 5dL
(3)Olivia had milk in a carton: 2L3dL. She gave 1dL to her little sister. How much is left, how many L how many dL? Answer □ □
Answer: 2L, 2dL
(4)In the kindergarten kitchen there is soy sauce in a bottle: 1L5dL. 7dL was used for cooking. How many dL are left? Answer □
Answer: 8dL
(5)At Grandma's house there is tea: 1L2dL in the teapot and 9dL in the cup. How much is there altogether, in how many L how many dL? Answer □ □
Answer: 2L, 1dL
(6)There is 2L2dL of water in the first bottle and 2L4dL in the second bottle. In total, that's how many Lhow many dL? Answer □ □
Answer: 4L, 6dL





















