| Approach: |
Station |
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Level: Year 4
and year 8 |
| Focus: |
Capacity
estimation |
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| Resources:
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4
containers: milk bottle, yoghurt pottle, juice packet, medicine
container; answer booklet |
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| Questions/instructions: |
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Here
are four containers.
Write down how much each container
holds using litres (L) or millilitres (ml).
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%
responses
2009 ('05) |
y4 |
y8 |
| 1.
How many mls of milk do you
think the bottle could hold? |
 800 – 1200 ml
|
22
(24) |
48
(53) |
| |
1201 – 2000
ml
|
6
(5) |
7
(6) |
more
than 2 litres
|
10
(8) |
0
(2) |
500
to less than 800 ml
|
6
(2) |
11
(6) |
| less
than 500 ml |
42
(46) |
24
(28) |
| 2.
How much yoghurt do you
think the pottle could hold? |
120–180 ml
|
2
(1) |
17
(16) |
| |
181–300
ml
|
5
(3) |
16
(21) |
more
than 300 ml
|
18
(17) |
6
(7) |
75–119
ml
|
7
(6) |
14
(14) |
| less
than 75 ml |
42
(52) |
26
(27) |
| 3.
How much juice do you think the packet [juice box] could hold? |
200–300 ml |
9
(7) |
40
(46) |
| |
301–500
ml |
7
(4) |
12
(12) |
| more
than 500 ml |
13
(16) |
5
(6) |
| 125–199
ml |
2
(2) |
6
(6) |
| less
than 125ml |
46
(51) |
22
(21) |
| 4.
How much medicine do you
think the container could hold? |
40–60ml
|
10
(7) |
26
(24) |
| |
61–100ml
|
6
(5) |
15
(18) |
more
than 100ml
|
15
(15) |
9
(13) |
25–39ml
|
3
(4) |
8
(8) |
| less
than 25ml |
38
(47) |
19
(21) |
|
|
Total
score: |
7–8
|
1
(1) |
12
(15) |
5–6
|
5
(4) |
25
(26) |
3–4
|
12
(8) |
22
(24) |
1–2
|
29
(31) |
26
(18) |
| 0
|
53
(56) |
15
(17) |
