Metric Capacity

What would hold about 4 liters of water?

• Vase

• Spoon

• Bucket

• Swimming Pool

You can use a ________to find the capacity.

• Thermometer

• Scale

• Graduated cylinder

• Ruler

Which would hold about 500 liters of water?

• A. Cereal bowl

• B. Fish Tank

• C. Water Bottle

What is the best estimate for this pitcher of lemonade?

• 2 mL (milliliters)

• 20 mL (milliliters)

• 2 L (liters)

What is the most appropriate measure for:

The volume of water in a bucket

• centimeters (cm)

• kilograms (kg)

• milliliters (mL)

• liters (L)

Which capacity makes the most sense for measuring the amount of milk in a bowl of cereal?

• 3 L (liters)

• 350 mL (milliliters)

• 3Kg

Which item would possibly measure to 1 liter?

• books

• battery

• legos

• large glass of milk

The volume of water in a bucket

• cm

• kg

• ml

• litres

True or False: We use litres and millilitres to measure capacity.

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

• centimeter

• liters

• milliliters

• kilometer