Volume Of Liquid - Applying Volume

Similar to Mass and Length, Volume also have its units too.

The most common units are: Litre (L) and Millilitre (mL)

1 Litre (L) = 1000 Millilitres (mL)


In the picture below, there are 5 bottles.

The volume of Bottle 1 = 15 ml


The volume of Bottle 2 = 30 ml

The volume of Bottle 3 = 60 ml
The volume of Bottle 4 = 125 ml


The volume of Bottle 5 = 200 ml

Here are a few questions:
Q1) The volume of Bottle 3 is 60 ml. How many Bottles 1 are needed to achieve the same volume as Bottle 3?

Answer:
Bottle 3 = Bottle 1 X ?
60 ml = 15 ml + 15 ml + 15 ml + 15 ml

So, 4 Bottles 1 are needed to achieve the same volume as Bottle 3.

Q2) How many Bottles 5 are needed to achieve 1.2 Litres (l) ? [Note: 1 L = 1000 mL]

Answer:
Bottle 5 = 200 ml
1.2 L = 1200 ml

1200 ml = 200 ml + 200 ml + 200 ml + 200 ml + 200 ml + 200 ml

So, 6 Bottles 5 are needed to achieve 1.2 Litres.


Observe the picture below:

Label the volume of liquid for all the bottles (Green Bottle, Yellow Bottle, Red Bottle and Blue Bottle)

Answer:
Green Bottle = 400 ml
Yellow Bottle = 250 ml
Red Bottle = 1.5 l
Blue Bottle = 1 l

Thank you.

Volume Of Liquid - Introduction

Volume of liquid is the amount of space occupied by liquid.

For example, a bottle half filled with water, a tea pot fully filled with tea and others. These are volume.

(The empty spaces in this bottle can be filled by liquid)

(The volume is not necessarily the same for each bottle)




If an object (for example, a bottle) is big, it has more volume, so it can hold more amount of water.

Now, look at the picture below, if all bottles are filled with waters, which bottle has the most volume and which bottle has the least volume?

Answer:
The first bottle from left is the smallest, therefore, it has the least volume.

The last bottle from left is the biggest, so it has the most volume among all the bottles shown above.


In the next topic, we will discuss about the units of volume. Thank you.