Metric Capacity

METRIC CAPACITY

By Miss O.

Can you draw your own “Big G”?

Let’s review customary capacity!

1.How many cups are in a pint?

2.How many quarts are in a gallon?

3.How many pints are in a quart?

4.How many cups are in a gallon?

5.How many pints are in a gallon?

Metric Capacity

Metric = the measurement that the rest of the world uses

How much something holds = capacity

Two units your need to know!

Milliliter (mL) An eye dropper can measure 1 milliliter.

Milliliters are teeny tiny?

Talk and Turn: What other metric unit has a similar name and is also measures teeny tiny things?

Liter (L)

One liter = 1,000 milliliters (mLs)

*This is not even CLOSE to 1,000 milliliters!!!!

Talk and Turn:

Which is greater, a liter or milliliter?

Hint: This is a 2-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper.

Let’s make it real!

What metric unit would you use to find the capacity of a car’s gas tank?

What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…

Water in a washing machine?

What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…

Juice in a glass?

Hint: don’t choose the one that will be more (even if it is more by a little bit).

What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…

Bleach in a bottle?

What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…

Ink in a pen?

Which number would be greater, the number of milliliters of milk in a pitcher or the number of liters of milk in the same pitcher?

How many milliliters is in 1 Liter?

Think about it!

If a container held 5 L of fluid. How many milliliters does the container hold?

Challenge:

Go home tonight and look around your house to find containers that may be labeled with metric capacity units: liters and milliliters!

Remember the abbreviations are: L and mL!

Come back to school tomorrow ready to share what you discovered!