20 Liquid Measurements

By studying this lesson you will be able to

² multiply liquid quantities expressed in millilitres and litres by a
whole number and
² divide liquid quantities expressed in millilitres and litres by a
whole number.

20.1 Units used to measure liquid quantities

There are occasions when you have to purchase liquid
types such as milk, coconut oil and syrups. You have
already learnt in grade 6, that millilitre and litre are two
units that are used to measure liquid quantities. A quantity
of one litre of a liquid is equal to a quantity of 1000
millilitres of that liquid.
1 l = 1000 ml

To express a liquid quantity in millilitres, which is given in litres, the

quantity given in litres should be multiplied by 1000.
To express a liquid quantity in litres, which is given in millilitres, the
quantity given in millilitres should be divided by 1000.

Do the following exercise to revise your grade 6 knowledge.

Review Exercise

^1& (i) Express 6 l in millilitres.

(ii) Express 7 l 300 ml in millilitres.
(iii) Express 3758 ml in litres and millilitres.
(iv) Express 10 065 ml in litres and millilitres.

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(2) Simplify'
(i) l ml (ii) l ml (iii) l ml (iv) l ml
7 250 3 50 6 50 3 45
+4 350 + 7 975 -3 875 -2 165

^3& Find out how much of drink can be prepared

Fruit
by adding 1 l 250 ml of fruit juice to 2 l 650 ml juice
Water

of water, and express this amount in litres and

millilitres.
^4& There was 10 l 750 ml of water in a bucket.
Geetha watered plants with a quantity of 5 l
850 ml of water from the bucket. How much of
water is remaining in the bucket now?
20.2 Multiplication of liquid quantities expressed in
millilitres and litres by a whole number
¾ Binuli drinks a 200 ml glass of kola kenda daily. Let us
find out how much kola kenda she drinks in 4 days.
Amount of kola kenda consumed per day = 200 ml
Amount of kola kenda consumed in 4 days = 200 ml × 4
= 800 ml
¾ 1 l 750 ml of fuel is required to operate a generator for one hour.
Let us find the amount of fuel required to operate the generator for 3
hours.
Method I Method II
1.75
1 l 750 ml = 1750 ml ml 1 l 750 ml = 1'750 l
1750 ml × 3 = 5250 ml 1750 1'75 l × 3 = 5'25 l × 3
5250 ml = 5 l 250 ml × 3 5'25 l = 5 l 250 ml 5.25
5250

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Method III
l ml Let us multiply the 750 ml in the millilitres column by 3.
1 750 750 ml × 3 = 2250 ml
× 3 2250 ml = 2000 ml + 250 ml = 2 l 250 ml
5 250 Let us write 250 ml in the millilitres column and carry the
2 l to the litres column.
Let us multiply the amount of litres in the litres column
by 3.
1 l × 3 = 3 l. Now let us add the 2 l we carried from the
millilitres column.
3l+2l=5l
Finally let us write 5 l in the litres column.

Exercise 20.1

^1& Multiply.
(i) l ml (ii) l ml (iii) 5 l 750 ml × 13
4 25 2 350 (iv) 8 l 575 ml × 15
× 5 × 4

^2& Multiply the liquid quantities given below by the given number and
express the answer in litres and millilitres.
(i) 250 ml × 5 (ii) 515 ml × 7 (iii) 750 ml × 16

^3& A bottle contains 375 ml of drink. Express the

total amount of drink in 6 such bottles in litres
and millilitres.
^4& A cordial bottle contains 1 l 750 ml of cordial. How much of cordial
is there in 6 such bottles?
^5& A house without electricity requires 1 l 650 ml of kerosene oil per
day. Find the amount of kerosene oil required by that house for a week.
^6& 2 l 225 ml of diesel is required to operate a generator for one
hour. Find the amount of diesel required to operate the generator
for 8 hours.
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^7& 50 ml of milk is used to produce one cup of yoghurt.
Find the total amount of milk required to produce 150 Yogurt

such cups of yoghurt.

^8& A bucket used for bathing can be filled completely with 5 l 650 ml
of water. If a person pours water from this bucket (completely filled)
60 times whenever he bathes, find how much of water he uses on
each occasion that he bathes.
^9& A 540 l water tank is filled with water. Due to a crack
in a pipe, water leaks out at a speed of 6 l 750 ml
per minute.
(i) What is the total amount of water that leaks
during 8 minutes?
(ii) Show that the tank will be empty if the leakage continues for
80 minutes.

20.3 Division of liquid quantities expressed in millilitres

and litres by a whole number

¾ The total amount of honey 5 l 400 ml

collected from a honeycomb
honey
is 5 l 400 ml. If this amount
is divided equally among 3
people, how much of honey
will one person receive?
Amount of honey received by one person = 5 l 400 ml ÷ 3
Method I
1800 ml
5 l 400 ml = 5400 ml
3 5400 ml
5400 ml ÷ 3 = 1800 ml 3
5 l 400 ml ÷ 3 = 1800 ml 24
= 1 l 800 ml 24
00
00
00
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Method II
When 5 l is divided by 3, the remainder is 2 l.
l ml When this remainder of 2 l is taken to the millilitres
1 800 column, it is 2000 ml.
3 5 400
3 2 l = 2000 ml
2 2000 When 2000 ml is added to 400 ml we get 2400 ml.
2400 2400 ml ÷ 3 = 800 ml
2400
0000
One person receives 1 l 800 ml of honey.

Exercise 20'2

(1) Evaluate the following.

(i) 750 ml ÷ 3 (ii) 9 l 750 ml ÷ 3 (iii) 2 l 200 ml ÷ 5
(iv) 4 l 50 ml ÷ 3 (v) 18 l 900 ml ÷ 6 (vi) 13 l 50 ml ÷ 3

(2) The 45 000 litres of fuel in a bowser is issued in equal amounts to six
filling stations. Find the amount issued to one filling station.
(3) 10 l 728 ml of milk is poured in equal quantities into 12
pots for curdling. Find how much of milk is poured into
one pot.
(4) A motor vehicle requires 1 l 560 ml of fuel to travel a distance of
24 km. Find how much fuel it requires to travel a distance of 1 km.
(5) If 4 l 50 ml of a drink is poured equally into
9 glasses, how many milliliters of drink will
one glass contain?

(6) A quantity of 1 l 950 ml of a perfume is put into 30 small

bottles in equal amounts and issued to the market. What
quantity of perfume is there in one bottle in millilitres?

(7) When the drink prepared by mixing 1.54 l of fruit juice with 1.7 l of
water is poured in equal amounts into 12 tumblers, how many litres
of drink will one tumbler contain?
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(8) A soft drink manufacturing company produces 800 bottles of drink
of regular size in a day. If the total amount of drink produced in a
day is 300 l, how much drink is included in one bottle?
Miscellaneous Exercise

(1) An Ayurvedic syrup is issued to the market in 80 bottles containing

750 ml of syrup in a day.
(i) Find the total volume of syrup issued in a day.
(ii) A customer uses a bottle of syrup he purchased for 30 Ayurvedic
syrup
days. He drinks an equal amount twice a day.
(a) Find the amount of syrup he consumes in a day.
(b) Find the amount of syrup he consumes on each occasion.
(iii) If the daily production of syrup is increased to 86 l 250 ml, how
many bottles can be issued in a day?
(2) A motor vehicle can be driven 16 km on one litre of fuel. A person
spends 1.5 l of fuel daily to go to office and return home.
(i) Find the total distance travelled by the vehicle in
a day.
(ii) Find the amount of fuel required by him for 22
working days.
(iii) If the total distance he travelled during a certain month is 480 km,
find the total number of litres of fuel that was consumed during
that month.

Summary
² 1 l = 1000 ml
² To express a liquid quantity in litres, which is given in millilitres,
the quantity given in millilitres should be divided by 1000.
² To express a liquid quantity in millilitres, which is given in litres,
the quantity given in litres should be multiplied by 1000.

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