Beaker Reading

Free interactive math game: Beaker Reading — Read level (mL). Part of the Units & Time category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. Read the water level in the beaker (mL):

About this exercise

Reading a liquid volume from a marked container.

How to solve it

Read two labeled marks and divide their gap by the gradations between them, then climb mark by mark up to the liquid surface.

Worked example

If 100 mL spans five marks, each is 20 mL, so a level three marks up reads 60 mL.

Common mistake

Assuming each mark is 10 mL. The scale depends on the container, so establish it from the labels before counting.