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Farmers Market Liters, Grams, and Kilograms

Grade 3 metric measurement at a farmers market: pick grams, kilograms, or liters, estimate mass and volume, and solve one-step story problems.

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Aligned to3.MD.A.2

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 3
Subject
Math
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students choose grams, kilograms, or liters as the best unit to measure an object.
  • Students estimate mass and liquid volume using benchmarks like a paper clip and a water bottle.
  • Students solve one-step word problems about mass and liquid volume using all four operations.

How to use

Use after students have held a 1-liter bottle and a 1-kilogram bag in class. Have them name a benchmark object before they answer each estimation question.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

3.MD.A.2

Measure and estimate liquid volume and mass in liters, grams, and kilograms.

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Farmers Market Liters, Grams, and Kilograms

Choose units, make estimates, and solve market story problems.

Pick the best unit

Use grams (g) or kilograms (kg) for mass, or how heavy something is. Use liters (L) for liquid volume, or how much liquid something holds.

1.
Sort each measurement by the best unit to use.
how heavy one strawberry ishow much cider a big jug holdshow heavy a big pumpkin ishow heavy one green bean ishow much water a bucket holdshow heavy a sack of potatoes is
Grams (g)Kilograms (kg)Liters (L)
2.
Write the best unit from the word bank in each blank.
Word bank: grams · kilograms · liters

A jug of cider holds about 4  .
A bag of apples has a mass of about 2  .
One strawberry has a mass of about 15  .

Make a good estimate

Think about objects you know. Choose or circle the best answer.

3.
Which object has a mass of about 1 gram?
  • A. an apple
  • B. a paper clip
  • C. a pumpkin
  • D. a loaf of bread
4.
Diego brings a large water bottle to the market. About how much water does it hold?
  • A. 10 liters
  • B. 100 liters
  • C. 1 liter
5.
Which is the best estimate for the mass of a watermelon at the market?
  • A. 5 kilograms
  • B. 5 grams
  • C. 50 kilograms
6.
Circle each container that holds more than 1 liter.

a juice boxa big bucketa teaspoona bathtuba coffee muga large soup pot

7.
Owen says a bag of apples at the market has a mass of about 3 grams. Do you agree? Explain your thinking.

Market story problems

Solve each problem. Write the number in the blank.

8.
Mr. Alvarez sells cider in jugs. Each jug holds 4 liters. He sells 7 jugs. How many liters of cider does he sell?

  liters

9.
Lena buys a bag of apples with a mass of 9 kilograms and a bag of pears with a mass of 6 kilograms. What is the total mass of the two bags?

  kilograms

10.
A farmer has 45 kilograms of potatoes. She puts them into 5 bags so each bag has the same mass. What is the mass of each bag?

  kilograms

11.
Priya buys 850 grams of strawberries. She uses 300 grams to make a pie. How many grams of strawberries are left?

  grams

12.
The lemonade stand has 32 liters of lemonade. Each pitcher holds 4 liters. How many pitchers can the stand fill?

  pitchers

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