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Capacity Word Problems: Super Teacher Worksheets

This document contains a word problem worksheet about capacity. It includes 3 word problems asking students to determine if a pint, quart or gallon of milk is needed based on cup measurements given recipes. It also asks students to determine if a given amount of milk is sufficient or if more is needed. The answer key provides the step-by-step working and explanations for each problem.

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Capacity Word Problems: Super Teacher Worksheets

This document contains a word problem worksheet about capacity. It includes 3 word problems asking students to determine if a pint, quart or gallon of milk is needed based on cup measurements given recipes. It also asks students to determine if a given amount of milk is sufficient or if more is needed. The answer key provides the step-by-step working and explanations for each problem.

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Capacity Word Problems


Use your knowledge of capacity to answer each question.

Remember: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups

1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups

1. Emily needs 5 cups of milk to make a vanilla milkshake. Should she buy a pint, a
quart, or a gallon of milk? Explain your answer.

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2. Kenny is making creamy rice pudding. His recipe requires 4 cups of milk. He has a
quart of milk in is fridge. Does he have enough milk? Explain.

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3. On December 1st, Miss Lait went to the grocery store and bought 2 quarts of milk.
On December 7th, she bought three times as much milk. How much milk did she buy
on December 7th? (Circle the best answer and explain.)
a. less than a gallon
b. exactly one gallon
c. more than a gallon

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ANSWER KEY

Capacity Word Problems

Use your knowledge of capacity to answer each question.

Remember: 1 gallon = 4 quarts = 8 pints = 16 cups

1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 2 cups

1. Emily needs 5 cups of milk to make a vanilla milkshake. Should she buy a pint, a
quart or a gallon of milk? Explain your answer.

She needs to buy a gallon. Four cups would be one quart, so she'll need to buy
more than one quart.

2. Kenny is making creamy rice pudding. His recipe requires 4 cups of milk. He has a
quart of milk in is fridge. Does he have enough milk? Explain?

He has exactly enough milk because four cups equals one quart.

3. On December 1st, Miss Lait went to the grocery store and bought 2 quarts of milk.
On December 7th, she bought three times as much milk. How much milk did she buy on
December 7th? (Circle the best answer and explain.)
a. less than a gallon
b. exactly one gallon
c. more than a gallon

On December 7th, she bought six quarts of milk. Since there are four quarts in a
gallon, she purchased more than a gallon of milk.

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