Liquid Capacity and Weight

Capacity is all about ____ .

• playing with liquid

• how much a container can hold

• plastic bottles

• drinking juice

Look at the picture and choose the heavier one.

• Pear

• Watermelon

Maria bought orange juice for her birthday party. Which unit of measure should Maria use to measure the amount of juice in the juice bottle?

• pounds

• quarts

• tons

• cups

Mark fills his swimming pool with water. Which unit of measure should Mark use to measure the amount of water in the pool?

• pounds

• fluid ounces

• gallons

• pints

The 3rd graders at an elementary school are collecting soup cans for the food drive. Which unit of measure could they use to measure the amount of soup in one can?

• gallons

• mililiters

• pounds

• liters

Robin bought milk at the store. What could be the capacity of a large container of milk?

• 1 cup (c)

• 1 ounce (oz)

• 1 gallon (gal)

• 1 mL

Mr. Price estimated the capacity of a baby bottle. Which is the best estimate of the capacity of a baby bottle?

• 80 gallons

• 8 fluid ounces

• 80 cups

• 8 liters

Sam put gas in his car. Which could be the amount of gas that he put in his car to fill up the whole tank?

• 15 gallons (gal)

• 15 cups (c)

• 15 pounds (lb)

Mrs. Garcia bakes brownies for a party. She needs to know how much oil to put in the brownies. Which unit of measure should Mrs. Garcia use to measure the amount of oil to put in the brownie mix?

• cups

• pounds

• grams