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Puzzler – Buckets Puzzle
You have two buckets (one red and one blue) with no markings on them. The red bucket has a capacity of 5 litres and the blue bucket has a capacity of 3 litres. You also have an unlimited amount of water. How can you make sure that you end up with exactly 4 litres of water in the red bucket?
Estimated Capacity
1 litre 250ml
Actual
Capacity 780ml
Can you
think of some people who would have to measure capacity in their job?
Can you
think of a time when you would need to know the capacity of something?
Capacity Game Listen to your teacher for instructions on how to play this game.
Containers Example: Fruit Bowl
Lunchbox Bottle
Biscuit/Sweets Tin Total combined ‘differences’ = 210 Capacity