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Key stage

Key Stage 1

Subject

Mathematics

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~20 min

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This test has 18 questions. You'll learn two new units: ml (millilitre — for small amounts, like medicine) and l (litre — for big amounts, like a bottle of milk).

1 litre = 1000 ml — like 1 metre = 100 cm.

The schoolbook Y2 capacity assessment. Introduces the statutory standard units: millilitres (ml) and litres (l), with 1l = 1000ml. Covers reading scales (jugs marked at 100ml, 200ml etc.), comparing and ordering capacities, and recording with > < =.

Real-world references help: a typical drink carton is 200ml; a small water bottle is 500ml; a milk bottle is 1l (or 2l, 4-pint = ~2.27l).

Full Y2 capacity assessment. Question distribution: standard units recognition (3), reading scales on measuring jugs (4), conversions ml↔l (3), comparing with > < = (4), real-world capacity estimation (4).

Auto-marked. Scale-reading questions are the most error-prone — pupils who struggle benefit from a real measuring jug at home with water (use food colouring for visibility).

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A small medicine spoon is about... in capacity.
A typical milk bottle holds about...
How many millilitres are in 1 litre?
A jug is filled to the 500 ml mark. The jug holds 1 litre. How full is it?
A 1 litre bottle is filled to 250 ml. How full?

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