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MULTIPLICATION OF CAPACITY

Sometimes, we know the capacity of a vessel and we wish to find out the total

capacity for more number of similar vessels. To find the required capacity, we
need to multiply the capacity of one vessel by the given number of vessels.

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Multiply 2 L 556 mL by 3. Multiply 15 L 603 mL by .
L mL L mL

2 556 15 603

× 3 × 4

7 668 62 4 12
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The product is 7 L 668 mL. The product is 62 L 12 mL.

10 Solve the following.

(a) L mL (b) L mL (c) L mL (d) L mL

4 18 4 3 028 2 129 5 218

× 2 × 3 × 4 × 5

(e) L mL (f) L mL (g) L mL (h) L mL
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1 4 153 11 0 5 32 503 51 261
× 6 × 7 × 8 × 6

11 Multiply the following.
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(a) 3 L 163 mL by 2 (d) 6 L 2 mL by 7
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(b) 2 L 363 mL by (e) 11 L 623 mL by 5

(c) 2 L 29 mL by 6 (f) 29 L 29 mL by 9

12 Multiply the sum of 2 L 213 mL and 1 L 251 mL by 2.

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13 Subtract 3 L 317 mL from L 729 mL and multiply the answer by 5.
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1 Subtract 2 L 871 mL from L 008 mL and multiply the answer by 7.

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