Relationship Between Units

During the last few math classes we have been working on looking at the relationship between mL and L, and grams and milligrams.  

We did a problem yesterday that gave us some difficulty, so we talked about it today and went over strategies that we could use to solve it.

 

One thing we talked about that we needed to remember was making sure that we properly read the question.  This is where many of us made mistakes.  The second thing that we need to remember is the relationships between units.  In this case we needed to remember that 4 cups is the same as 1 litre.  1 litre is the same as 1000ml. We have written this down on our cheat sheet, and it is also on an anchor chart in our room.

We will continue to work on problems like this next week, and will most likely have a test on mass and capacity the week after that.

Ms. Pike