Measuring Ingredients interactive worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to figure out which measuring tool to use for each product.

We have three tools:
- Liquid measuring cups → for liquids (like water, milk, oil)
- Measuring spoons → for small amounts of dry or liquid ingredients (like salt, spices, vanilla extract)
- Dry measuring cups → for dry ingredients that you scoop and level (like flour, sugar, oats)

Now let’s look at each item:

1. Quaker Oats – This is a dry ingredient you pour into a cup and level off → dry measuring cups
2. Vanilla Extract – It’s a liquid, but usually used in small amounts → measuring spoons
3. Raspberries – These are whole fruits, not measured with cups or spoons in baking — but if we had to choose, they’re often measured by volume in recipes → dry measuring cups (since they’re solid pieces)
4. Milk – Liquid → liquid measuring cups
5. Salt – Small amount, dry → measuring spoons
6. Onions – Like raspberries, they’re chopped and measured by volume → dry measuring cups
7. Mustard – Thick condiment, usually used in small amounts → measuring spoons
8. Peanut Butter – Sticky, but still measured in cups or spoons depending on amount — typically for larger amounts like ½ cup → dry measuring cups (you can pack it in and level)
9. Cane Sugar – Dry granulated → dry measuring cups
10. Vegetable Oil – Liquid → liquid measuring cups
11. Water – Liquid → liquid measuring cups
12. Mayonnaise – Thick, like peanut butter — usually measured in spoons or cups → for standard recipe amounts, often measuring spoons (if small) or dry measuring cups (if large). But since mayo is thick and sticky, and often used in smaller quantities, measuring spoons is safer here.
13. Flour – Classic dry ingredient → dry measuring cups
14. Green Peas (frozen) – Solid pieces, measured by volume → dry measuring cups

Wait — let’s double-check a few tricky ones:

- Vanilla extract: Yes, almost always measured in teaspoons → measuring spoons ✔
- Peanut butter: In most recipes, if it says “½ cup peanut butter”, you use a dry measuring cup and press it in → dry measuring cups ✔
- Mayonnaise: Same as peanut butter — if recipe says “2 tbsp”, use measuring spoon; if “¼ cup”, use dry cup. Since no quantity given, and mayo is often used in small amounts, measuring spoons is more common ✔
- Raspberries & Onions & Peas: These are solids, so even though they’re not powders, we still use dry measuring cups to measure their volume → dry measuring cups ✔

Final list:

Left column:
1. Quaker Oats → dry measuring cups
2. Vanilla Extract → measuring spoons
3. Raspberries → dry measuring cups
4. Milk → liquid measuring cups
5. Salt → measuring spoons
6. Onions → dry measuring cups
7. Mustard → measuring spoons
8. Peanut Butter → dry measuring cups
9. Cane Sugar → dry measuring cups
10. Water → liquid measuring cups
11. Flour → dry measuring cups

Right column:
1. McCormick Spice → measuring spoons
2. Nestle Chocolate Chips → dry measuring cups (they’re solid pieces)
3. Milk → liquid measuring cups
4. Onions → dry measuring cups
5. Jif Peanut Butter → dry measuring cups
6. Vegetable Oil → liquid measuring cups
7. Hellmann’s Mayo → measuring spoons
8. Green Peas → dry measuring cups

Wait — I see I duplicated some items. Let me match the exact order from the image.

Looking again at the image layout:

Left side (top to bottom):
1. Quaker Oats
2. Vanilla Extract
3. Raspberries
4. Morton Salt
5. Mustard
6. C&H Cane Sugar
7. Water
8. Flour

Right side (top to bottom):
1. McCormick Spice
2. Nestle Toll House Chips
3. Milk jug
4. Onions
5. Jif Peanut Butter
6. Vegetable Oil
7. Hellmann’s Mayo
8. Green Peas

So now assign correctly:

Left:
1. Quaker Oats → dry measuring cups
2. Vanilla Extract → measuring spoons
3. Raspberries → dry measuring cups
4. Salt → measuring spoons
5. Mustard → measuring spoons
6. Cane Sugar → dry measuring cups
7. Water → liquid measuring cups
8. Flour → dry measuring cups

Right:
1. Spice → measuring spoons
2. Chocolate chips → dry measuring cups
3. Milk → liquid measuring cups
4. Onions → dry measuring cups
5. Peanut Butter → dry measuring cups
6. Vegetable Oil → liquid measuring cups
7. Mayo → measuring spoons
8. Green Peas → dry measuring cups

All make sense.

Final Answer:
Left Column (top to bottom):
dry measuring cups
measuring spoons
dry measuring cups
measuring spoons
measuring spoons
dry measuring cups
liquid measuring cups
dry measuring cups

Right Column (top to bottom):
measuring spoons
dry measuring cups
liquid measuring cups
dry measuring cups
dry measuring cups
liquid measuring cups
measuring spoons
dry measuring cups