Magic Potions

Success Criteria

Aim• I can solve word problems involving volume.

• I can add millilitres to total to a given amount.

• I can read scales on a measuring cylinder to solve a word problem.

Today you will be helping Wizard William and Witch Winifred to mix their potions. They are helped by Gavin the goblin.

Magic Potions

Wizard William and Witch Winifred make their potions using the following ingredients:

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Teacher Vanishing Potion

The bottle for the potion holds 55ml.Winifred knows that the bottle needs

to be filled, but she has forgotten which two ingredients to use to make

the potion.

Can you help her to work out which ingredients she could use?

Which two ingredients total 55ml?

Teacher Vanishing Potion

Make a Potion

Did you get:

Nettle soup and

snake oil?

Briny broth and

teachers’ tears?

Essence of

nightshade and slug

slime?

Wizard William is working on a potion to turn your head teacher into a toad.

The bottle for the potion holds 85ml.

William knows that the bottle needs to be filled, but he has forgotten which three ingredients he should use to

make the potion.

Which three ingredients total 85ml?

Head Teacher to Toad Transformation Potion

Make a Potion

Did you get:

Dragon blood,

snake oil

and briny broth.Nettle soup, briny

broth and slug

slime.Nettle soup,

teachers’ tears and

dawn dew.

Did you get a different

combination?

Gavin the goblin has mixed some potions, but he has forgotten to write down the recipes. Can you work out which ingredients are in the bottle?

Use your marvellous measuring skills to complete these activity sheets:

Potions Volume