Estimating Liquid Capacity

Liquid in a thermos

• 1 gallon

• 10 pints

• 2 cups

• 4 quarts

Cereal Bowl

• 4 pints

• 1 pint

• 2 gallons

• 0.5 gallon

Eyedropper holds

• 3 gallons

• 1 pint

• 1 cup

• less than a cup

Liquid in a pitcher

• 8 gallons

• 2 quarts

• 1 pint

• 2 cups

Ketchup in a packet.

• 2 quarts

• less than 0.5 cup

• 0.5 gallon

• 1.5 pints

2 liters of soda.

• 0.5 gallon

• 5 gallons

• 1 pint

• 1 cup

The amount a container can hold measured in liquid units.

• Volume

• Capacity

• Gallon

• Liquid

Choose the most reasonable estimate for a bottle of water?

• 1 mL

• 1 L

• 10 L

• 10 mL

Choose the most reasonable estimate for a mug of coffee?

• 25 L

• 2 L

• 2 mL

• 250 mL

Babies take a very small amount of medicine. Which describes the amount of medicine that would fill this medicine dropper?

• milliliters

• liters