4.8 Customary Capacity (simple)

Customary Capacity

Multiple Choice

What are the customary units of capacity?

• cups, pints, gallon, inches

• gallon, cups, quarts, and pints

• cups, quarts, pints, and mL

• gallon, quarts, feet, and cups

Multiple Choice

Which is a valid unit of measuring a liquid?

• Inches

• Pounds

• Cups

• Centimeters

Fluid Ounce (fl oz.)

A fluid ounce is a very small measurement for capacity or volume.

e.g. Medicine cap, or 2 tablespoons

Cup (c)

A cup is a small measurement for capacity or volume.

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 cup?

Pint (pt)

1 pint = 2 cups

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 pint?

Quart (qt)

1 quart = 2 pints

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 quart?

Gallon (gal)

1 gallon = 4 quarts

Multiple Select

Which would be equivalent to 1 gallon?

Multiple Choice

Which is larger, a gallon or a quart?

• Quart

• Gallon

Multiple Choice

Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the volume of a fish tank?

• Ounces

• Inches

• Gallons

• Cups

The amount of liquid in a
Gatorade bottle!

Liters

Milliliters

The size of a drop of water!

How many milliliters are

in 5 liters?

Milli Means 1,000

1,000 milliliters equals 1 liter

5 x ____ = 5,000

5 liters = ____ milliliters

7 liters = ________ milliliters

43 liters = _______ milliliters

700 liters = _______ milliliters

78 liters = ________ milliliters

K

H

D

B

D

C

M

King

Henry

Died

BASE
Meters
Grams
Liters

Drinking

Chocolate

Milk

Convert Liters to Milliliters

Measurement Word Problem

I have 12 liters of water. How many
milliliters of water do I have?

Which container equals 8,000

milliliters?

2 liters

4 liters

8 liters

Multiple Choice

The basic metric unit for volume is the .....

• gram (g)

• meter (m)

• liter (L)

• Kelvin (K)

Multiple Choice

True or False: A pint is more than a gallon?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A drinking glass would hold

• 10 ounces

• 10 cups

• 10 quarts

• 10 gallons

Multiple Choice

Which unit is most appropriate for measuring this item (milk jug)?

• Quart

• Gallon

• Pint

• Cup

Multiple Choice

What would you use to measure how much water to add to a recipe?

• Inches

• Feet

• Quarts

• Cups

Multiple Choice

True or false: A cup is bigger than a gallon?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A water basin (sink/small tub) would hold...

• 8 ounces

• 8 cups

• 8 quarts

• 8 gallons

Multiple Choice

A Pitcher of lemonade is closer to 1 cup or 1 Gallon?

• Gallon

• Cup

Multiple Choice

What would you use to measure the amount of soup in a can?

• fluid ounces

• gallon

• quarts

• liters

Multiple Choice

Which is the most appropriate unit to measure the capacity of a bathtub?

• cup

• quart

• gallon

• pint

Big Unit to Small Unit

MULTIPLY

Small Unit to Big Unit

DIVIDE

Let's listen to the story of Gallon Land...

Gallan Man - an alternative to the "Gallon G"

Multiple Choice

How many cups are in 1 gallon?

• 4

• 8

• 12

• 16

Multiple Choice

3 c = ___fl oz

• 24 fl oz

• 11 fl oz

• 5 fl oz

• 2.2 fl oz

Multiple Choice

18 pt = ___qt

• 3 qt

• 6 qt

• 9 qt

• 36 qt

Multiple Choice

How many quarts are in 2 gallons?

• 8 quarts

• 4 quarts

• 2 quarts 

• Answer not here

Multiple Choice

How many pints are in 5 quarts?

• 1 pint

• 5 pints 

• 2 pints

• 10 pints

Multiple Choice

How many cups are in 3 pints?

• 1 cup

• 3 cups 

• 6 cups 

• Not Here

Multiple Choice

8 gallons =

• 2 qt.

• 16 qt.

• 32 qt.

• 12 qt.

Multiple Choice

64 fl oz = _______ c

• 6

• 8

• 7

• 12

Multiple Choice

32 qt = _____ gal

• 256

• 7

• 8

• 6

Multiple Choice

______c = 56 fl oz

• 7

• 9

• 448

• 8

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?

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

• 36 gal x 4 = 144 qt

• 144 qt or 144 quarts

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Capacity/Liquid Measures

Gallons, Quarts, Pints, Cups, fluid ounces

(gal, qt, pt, c, fl. oz)​