Liquid Volume

What does capacity mean?

• How tall something is

• The amount of liquid a container can hold.

• The height of a person

• How much mass an object is

What would you use to measure the volume of the liquid inside a swimming pool?

• liters

• milliliters

What would you use to measure the volume of the liquid inside measuring spoon?

• liters

• milliliters

One liter equals how many milliliters?

• 5 milliliters
• 1,000 milliliters
• 500 milliliters
• 50 milliliters

A milliliter is a...

• big amount of liquid
• small amount of liquid

One _________________ holds about one liter.

• can of soda

• large water bottle

• measuring spoon

• baby swimming pool

Which is the better estimate of the volume of liquid a bathtub can hold?

• 40 milliliters

• 40 liters

Which is the better estimate for the volume of liquid inside an eyedropper?

• 10 milliliters

• 10 liters

Riley bought 2 juice boxes. The capacity of one juice box is 50 milliliters. What is the capacity of 2 juice boxes?

• 50 milliliters

• 100 liters

• 100 milliliters

• 50 liters

Sam has a 3 liter bottle of soda. His family drinks 2 liters of the soda. How many liters are left?

• 3 liters

• 2 liters

• 1 liter

• 3 milliliters