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Measuring in litres - bottling milk

Measuring in litres - bottling milk
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  • Measuring in litres - bottling milk
  • Duration: 01:42
  • How much milk can you fit in a bottle? We see how 200,000 bottles of milk are put into 1 litre containers in a factory. Milk can be bottled in different sizes of container. A litre bottle is compared with a 20,000 litre tanker.
  • Subject:

    Maths

       Topic:

    Measurement and Scales

  • Keywords: litre, capacity, container, millilitre
Ideas for use in class
  • Fill big containers using smaller ones. How many spoons of 5ml will fill a 1 litre bottle? Real life problems can be introduced and solved practically. Compare different sizes of container, and ask which ones holds the most and the least.
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  • Clip language : English
  • Aspect ratio : 16x9
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