Class 5 · No. 15 · Weight and capacity0%
Class 5 · Math · No. 15

Weight and capacity

Read a dial scale, turn kg into g, fill a litre cup by cup

Some things are weighed in kilograms, some in grams; milk and water are measured in litres and millilitres. In this chapter you will read a dial scale, change kilograms into grams on a double number line, and fill a bottle cup by cup.

Think about it

Someone buys 5 kg 50 g of sugar. Is that 5,050 g or 5,500 g?

In this chapter
  1. §1Reading a scale
  2. §2Kilograms and grams
  3. §3Litres and millilitres
  4. ★Practice: 8 questions
  5. ◆Olympiad challenge: 4 questions
  6. ✓Recap: remember this
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Plate IWeight and capacity
1 kg = 1,000 g1 l = 1,000 ml012345kg2 kg1 kg500 g5001,000ml3 kg 500 g = 3,500 g4 × 250 ml