Capacity Liquid and Weight

Look at the picture and choose the best sentence to describe what you see.

• There is a bit more than 200 ml.

• There is exactly 200 ml.

• There is a bit less than 200ml.

Capacity is all about ____ .

• playing with liquid

• how much a container can hold

• plastic bottles

• drinking juice

Maria bought orange juice for her birthday party. Which unit of measure should Maria use to measure the amount of juice in the juice bottle?

• pounds

• quarts

• tons

• cups

Mark fills his swimming pool with water. Which unit of measure should Mark use to measure the amount of water in the pool?

• pounds

• fluid ounces

• gallons

• pints

The 3rd graders at an elementary school are collecting soup cans for the food drive. Which unit of measure could they use to measure the amount of soup in one can?

• gallons

• mililiters

• pounds

• liters

Mr. Price estimated the capacity of a baby bottle. Which is the best estimate of the capacity of a baby bottle?

• 80 gallons

• 8 fluid ounces

• 80 cups

• 8 liters

Fran has a flower garden. She needs a watering can that will hold to quarts of water so she can water her plants. Which does need to know to make sure she has the correct watering can?

• The capacity of the can

• The weight of the can

Sam put gas in his car. Which could be the amount of gas that he put in his car to fill up the whole tank?

• 15 gallons (gal)

• 15 cups (c)

• 15 pounds (lb)

Mrs. Garcia bakes brownies for a party. She needs to know how much oil to put in the brownies. Which unit of measure should Mrs. Garcia use to measure the amount of oil to put in the brownie mix?

• cups

• pounds

• grams

Robin bought milk at the store. What could be the capacity of a large container of milk?

• 1 cup (c)

• 1 ounce (oz)

• 1 gallon (gal)

• 1 mL