Maths
10. Puzzles involving weighing and measuring
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a. Dave has two jugs, one with 300ml capacity and the other with 500ml capacity (the jugs have no measuring markings on). He wants to measure out 400ml of fruit juice into his mixing bowl.
Explain how he could do it.

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b. Roulla wants to measure out 100ml of milk from her 1 litre carton. She has two jugs, one with 500ml capacity and the other with 200ml capacity (the jugs the have no measuring markings on).
Explain how she could measure out 100ml.

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c. 2,700 litres of apple juice is stored in 3 barrels. The largest barrel holds three times as much apple juice as the smallest. The medium sized barrel holds twice as much apple juice as the smallest. Explain how you could work out how much apple juice is in each barrel.

Smallest barrel = ...........................................................................................................................................
Medium barrel = ...........................................................................................................................................
Largest barrel = ...........................................................................................................................................

d. A large box holds 26 more apples than a small box. Caitlin bought 1 small and 2 large boxes of apples. There were 142 apples altogether. How many apples were there in each box?

There were ....................................... in the small box and .................................... in the large box.

 


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