Question

A fruit vendor have fruit juice in different containers of capacity 375 mL, 500 mL, 250 ml and 750 ml. How many liters of juice does the vendor have in total?

• A. 1.875

Answer 1

The correct option is A 1.875
375 mL, 500 mL, 250 ml and 750 ml are in milliliters.

First Method:

Let's convert them into liters and finally add them.

We know that 1000 ml = 1 L
$\Rightarrow 1\text{mL}=\frac{1}{1000}\text{L}=0.001\text{L}$

• 375 mL = $375\times 0.001=0.375$ L
• 500 mL = $500\times 0.001=0.5$ L
• 250 mL = $250\times 0.001=0.25$ L
• 750 mL = $750\times 0.001=0.75$ L

Total quantity of juice in liters
$=0.375\text{L}+0.5\text{L}+0.25\text{L}+0.75\text{L}=1.875\text{L}$

Second method:

We first add the quantities in milliliters and then convert the result into liters.

Total quantity of juice in milliliters
= 375 mL + 500 mL + 250 mL + 750 mL
=1875 mL

Now, $1875\text{mL}=\frac{1875}{1000}\text{L}=1.875\text{L}$