Imagine you’re out in your garden planting flowers and you want to know how much water you need for your plants. Sometimes, we measure liquids in liters and other times in fluid ounces.
A liter is a way to measure a liquid. For example, when you pour drinks or water your plants, you might use liters. In the United States, we also use fluid ounces to measure liquids, especially for smaller amounts, like when you have a juice box.
Now, let’s see how we can turn liters into fluid ounces! There are about 33.8 fluid ounces in one liter. If we have 2 liters and want to find out how many fluid ounces that is, we can do a fun little math problem:
$$
2 \text{ liters} \times 33.8 \text{ fluid ounces/liter} = 67.6 \text{ fluid ounces}
$$
So, 2 liters is the same as 67.6 fluid ounces.
Now, let’s think of some objects that can help you see how much that is. Here are 7 things that hold 67.6 fluid ounces:
- Two standard-sized water bottles (each typically holds 33.8 ounces).
- One big juice container that you might get from the store.
- Four coffee mugs (if each mug holds about 16.9 ounces).
- One large measuring cup (holding exactly 67.6 ounces).
- A medium-sized soup pot (that can hold about 68 ounces).
- A small aquarium (that holds about 67 ounces of water).
- Two pints of ice cream (if each pint is about 32 ounces).
Now you can picture how much water that is for your garden!
