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Example 13 Converting cm3 to litres

Find the capacity of this container, in litres.

10 cm
20 cm

SOLUTION EXPLANATION
V = 20 × 10 × 10 V = lwh
= 2000 cm3 1 cm3 = 1 mL
= 2000 mL There are 1000 mL in 1 litre.
= 2000 ÷ 1000 L
= 2L

Now you try

Find the capacity of this container, in litres.
10 cm

30 cm

Exercise 11I
FLUENCY 1, 2(1/2), 3, 5, 7(1/2) 2(1/2), 3–5, 7(1/2) 2(1/4), 4–6, 7(1/2)

1 Convert to the units shown in the brackets.

Example 12a a i 700 mL (L) ii 2 L (mL)
Example 12b b i 4 ML (L) ii 5 000 000 L (ML)

Example 12a 2 Convert to the units shown in brackets.

a 2 L (mL) b 0.1 L (mL) c 6 ML (kL) d 24 kL (L)
e 2000 L (kL) f 3500 mL (L) g 70 000 mL (L) h 2500 kL (ML)
i 0.257 L (mL) j 9320 mL (L) k 3.847 ML (kL) l 47 000 L (kL)
m 0.5 kL (L) n 91 000 kL (ML) o 0.42 L (mL) p 170 L (kL)

3 Read these scales to determine the amount of water in each of the containers.
a b c
25 1L
4 750
20 3
15 500
2
10 250
1
5 m3 mL
mL

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4 A cup of 200 mL of water is added to a jug already containing 1 L of water. Find the total volume in:
a mL b L

Example 12b 5 Convert to the units shown in brackets.

a 6 ML (L) b 320 000 L (ML)
c 0.004 kL (mL) d 992 700 mL (kL)

6 A farmer purchases 3.3 ML of water for her apple orchard. How many litres is this?
Example 13 7 Find the capacity of each of these rectangular prism containers, in litres.
a b

10 cm
15 cm
8 cm
10 cm 12 cm

5 cm
c d
3 cm
6 cm 21 cm
9 cm
32 cm
13 cm
e f
10 cm
50 cm

32 cm

PROBLEM-SOLVING 8, 9 9, 10 10–12

8 A swimming pool in the shape of a rectangular prism has length 50 m, width 25 m and depth 2 m. Find
the swimming pool’s:
a volume, in m3 b capacity, in L

9 A dripping tap leaks about 10 mL every

minute.
a If there are 50 drips per minute, find the
volume of one drip.
b Find the approximate volume of water,
in litres, that has leaked from a tap after
the following time periods.
i 100 minutes
ii 1 hour
iii 1 day
iv 1 year

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10 A dose of 12 mL of medicine is to be taken twice each day from a 0.36 L bottle. How many days will it
take to finish the medicine?

11 A gas bottle contains 50 L of liquid gas. If the liquid gas is used at a

rate of 20 mL per minute, how many hours will the gas bottle last?

12 A city’s dams have 2 million megalitres of water and the average daily
consumption of the city’s people is 400 L per day per person. If the
city’s population is 5 million people, how long will the dam supply last
without further water catchment?

REASONING 13 13 13, 14

13 If x is any number, then x litres is the same as 1000 × x = 1000x millilitres because there are 1000 mL
in 1 L. Write expressions for x L in the following units.
a cm3 b m3 c kL d ML

14 a A rectangular prism has length l cm, width w cm and height h cm. Write an expression for the
capacity of the container measured in:
i cm3 ii mL iii L iv kL
b A rectangular prism has length l m, width w m and height h m. Write an expression for the capacity
of the container measured in:
i m3 ii L iii kL iv ML

ENRICHMENT: Added depth – – 15

15 A container is 10 cm long, 5 cm wide and 8 cm high.

a Find the depth of water when the following amounts of water are
poured in. (Remember: 1 mL = 1 cm3.)
8 cm
i 400 mL ii 200 mL iii 160 mL
5 cm
10 cm

b After adding 200 mL, a further 30 mL is added. What is the increase in depth?
c A 1-litre container of milk has a base area of 8 cm by 7 cm. After 250 mL of milk is poured out,
what is the depth of the milk remaining in the container? Give your answer to the nearest mm.

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