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.

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CiCi wants to sell lemonade to earn money to buy a new pair of shoes. She needs to sell 64 cups of lemonade. How many pints of lemonade does she need to make?

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Henry raises honey bees. He harvested 36 gallons of honey. He divides the honey into quarts. How many quarts of honey does he have?

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

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A bucket of water

• 5 ml

• 1 l

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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

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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?

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Harry has 6 liters of milk. How many milliliters of milk does he have?

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Tia is planning a party and wants to put the punch in a large bowl that holds 9,000 ml. How many liters of punch will she need to buy to fill the bowl?

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