Exploring Metric Capacity Concepts

What units are commonly used worldwide for measuring capacity?

• Cups and pints

• Milliliters and liters

• Gallons and quarts

• Pounds and ounces

What system of measurement does the rest of the world primarily use?

• US customary system

• Imperial system

• Metric system

• Standard system

Approximately how much liquid does a medicine dropper hold?

• 1 liter

• 10 milliliters

• 1 milliliter

• 100 milliliters

How many liters are needed to fill a typical bottle of coke?

• 1 liter

• 0.5 liters

• 2 liters

• 3 liters

How many milliliters are there in 10 liters?

• 100000 milliliters

• 10000 milliliters

• 1000 milliliters

• 100 milliliters

How many milliliters make up one liter?

• 10 milliliters

• 100 milliliters

• 1000 milliliters

• 10000 milliliters

If you have 12,000 milliliters, how many liters is that equivalent to?

• 1.2 liters

• 120 liters

• 12 liters

• 1200 liters

Which of these is a reasonable estimate for the volume of a glass?

• 250 liters

• 2 milliliters

• 250 milliliters

• 2 liters

What is a more likely volume for a pail?

• 5 milliliters

• 5 liters

• 1 liter

• 0.5 liters

Which container would most likely hold 1 liter?

• A small cup

• A large water bottle

• A refrigerator water dispenser

• A standard medicine dropper