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METRIC CAPACITY
By Miss O.
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Can you draw your own “Big G”?
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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?
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Metric Capacity
Metric = the measurement that the rest of the world uses
How much something holds = capacity
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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?
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Liter (L)
One liter = 1,000 milliliters (mLs)
*This is not even CLOSE to 1,000 milliliters!!!!
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Talk and Turn:
Which is greater, a liter or milliliter?
Hint: This is a 2-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper.
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Let’s make it real!
What metric unit would you use to find the capacity of a car’s gas tank?
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What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…
Water in a washing machine?
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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).
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What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…
Bleach in a bottle?
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What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure…
Ink in a pen?
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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?
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How many milliliters is in 1 Liter?
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Think about it!
If a container held 5 L of fluid. How many milliliters does the container hold?
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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!