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Whose jug holds more water?
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Solution
Jeetu's jug will hold more water.
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| Packet | How many mL or L? |
| Milk | 500 mL |
Have you seen a one-liter water bottle?
Collect a 1-liter bottle and some other small bottles. Guess how many times you have to pour from each of the small bottles to fill the liter bottle.
Check if your guess is correct and fill the table.
| Bottles | My guess | My measure |
| Bottle 1 | ||
| Bottle 2 | ||
| Bottle 3 | ||
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How much water does his small bottle hold?
The table shows the water used in one day by a family of 5 people. They live in Goodallur village.
| Activity | Water in liters (L) |
| Cooking and drinking | 30 L |
| Washing clothes | 40 L |
| Cleaning pots, pans | 20 L |
| Bathing | 75 L |
Total water used by them.
Place your litre jar below the leaking tap so as to catch all the drops in the bottle. Note the time. After one hour check, how much water is in the bottle?

How many glasses of water do you think Jeetu should pour to fill his jug?
Sunaina and Jaspreet brought different vessels from the kitchen. They had a
jug, a
glass, a
mug, a
pot and a
bowl.
They filled each of these with a
cup.
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- Guess which vessel holds the least water.
- Which vessel holds the most water?
Now, you collect different vessels from your kitchen.
Use the same
cup to fill each of them.
Count the number of cups of water each of them can hold.
First guess and then do it.
| The vessel you used | Cups of water to fill it |
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| ______ | ______ |
| ______ | ______ |
Select the one which holds more water.
Find out:
How much milk does your mother buy every day?
Take five different types of big vessels from your kitchen.
Fill all of them one by one with one jug full of water.
What do you see? Why?
Talk to your friends about it.













