Customary and Metric Units of Measurement

Customary and Metric Units of Measurement

Capacity/Volume

Cup (c)

A cup is a small measurement for capacity or volume.

Pint (pt)

1 pint = 2 cups

Quart (qt)

1 quart = 2 pints

Gallon (gal)

1 gallon = 4 quarts

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 cup?

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 pint?

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 quart?

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 gallon?

Jewel needs 5 gallons of ice cream for the ice cream party. Wal-Mart only has pint containers of ice cream. How many pints will Jewel need to buy to have 5 gallons of ice cream?

• 1st- How many quarts will she need?

• 5 gal x 4 = 20 qt

• 2nd - How many pints will she need?

• 20 qt x 2 = 40 pt

• Jewel will need 40 pints to equal 5 gallons.

• 40 pt

Jim has 40 cups of milk. If he wanted to pour them into quart jars, how many quart jars will he need?

• 1st - Determine the number of pints.

• 40 c ÷ 2 = 20 pt

• 2nd - Determine the number of quarts.

• 20 pt ÷ 2 = 10 qt

• Jim will need 10 qt jars.

Milliliter (ml)

A very small amount, a drop.

Liter (l)

1 l = 1,000 ml

Multiple Choice

A glass of milk

• 250 ml

• 2 l

Multiple Choice

A bucket of water

• 5 ml

• 1 l

Multiple Choice

A spoon of cough syrup

• 15 ml

• 1 l

Multiple Choice

The kitchen sink

• 14 l

• 14 ml

Multiple Choice

An aquarium

• 40 ml

• 40 l

Multiple Choice

A juice box

• 25 l

• 250 ml

John has 50 water balloons that will hold 300 ml of water each. How many liters of water will he need to fill all the balloons?

Mia has 4 liters of soda to use for a fundraiser. She wants to sell 200 ml glasses of soda for $1.00 each. How many cups of soda can she sell out of the 4 liters of soda?

Multiple Choice

Trish and Sam are arguing over who has the largest water gun. Trish says her water gun is larger because it holds 3 l of water. Sam says his is larger because it holds 2,700 ml of water. Who has the larger water gun?

• Trish

• Sam