Measurement- Capacity (Customary and Metric)

Capacity is..

• The amount that a container can hold.

• Indicates the amount of matter, or material, in an object.

• The distance from one point to another.

Units of capacity in the metric system are?

• milimeter, centimeter, meter, & kilometer

• mililiter and liter

• gram and kilogram

• cups, pints, quarts, gallons

Which unit of capacity would best be used to fill a bathtub?

• liter

• mililieter

Which unit of capacity would best describe the amount of ink in a pen?

• mililiter

• liter

Leslie bought juice for her friends to drink at her birthday party. Did she most likely buy 5 liters of juice of 5 mililiters?

Remember- Mililiters = 20 drops of water / Liters = 1 bottle of water

• 5 liters

• 5 mililiters

________ quarts = 1 gallon

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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________ cups = 1 pint

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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How many milliliters are in a liter?

• 10

• 100

• 1,000

• 10,000

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Which is greater?

• 5 quarts
• 1 gallon

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Sara-Beth puts milk on her cereal. How much does she probably use?

• 1 gallon
• 1 quart
• 1 pint

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