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Worksheets3rd Grade Customary Units of Capacity
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 1hrs 17mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is about one gram?
a)
A textbook
b)
A paper clip
c)
A spoon
d)
A carton
2.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
3.
What is 2 kg in grams?
a)
2,000 g
b)
4,000 g
c)
6,000g
d)
1 g
4.
There are _______ grams in 1 kilogram
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1000
5.
Which of the following is about one kilogram?
a)
A paper clip
b)
A pencil
c)
A textbook
d)
A spoon
6.
4 gallons = ____ quarts
a)
4
b)
1
c)
16
d)
64
7.
How many pints are in a gallon?
a)
8
b)
4
c)
2
d)
6
8.
How many quarts are in 2 gallons?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)
8
9.
What are the customary units?
a)
cups, pints, gallon, inches
b)
gallon, cups, quarts, and pints
c)
cups, quarts, pints, and mL
d)
gallon, quarts, feet, and cups
10.
What are the customary units in order from smallest to biggest?
a)
gallon, quarts, pints, and cups
b)
cups, pints, gallon, and quarts
c)
pints, cups, quarts, and gallon
d)
cups, pints, quarts, and gallon
11.
What do we measure with the customary units?
a)
Liquid
b)
Solid
c)
Gas
d)
Animals
12.
How many quarts are in a half-gallon?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
13.
What would you use to measure this?
a)
Grams
b)
Kilograms
14.
Use the balance beam to tell whether the statement below is true or false.The banana is heavier than the apple.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Use the balance beam to tell whether the statement below is true or false.
The banana is heavier than the apple.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
1 pint =
a)
2 cups
b)
4 cups
c)
8 cups
d)
16 cups
17.
Abbreviation for fluid ounces
a)
There is no abbreviation
b)
fluid oc
c)
fl oz
d)
fl on
18.
Liquid capacity means
a)
how much something weighs
b)
how much liquid there is
c)
how long something is
d)
what color something is
19.
abbreviation for cup
a)
c
b)
cup
c)
cp
d)
Both c or just the word cup
20.
abbreviation for pint
a)
pintz
b)
nt
c)
pt
d)
pin
21.
Abbreviation for gallon
a)
gal
b)
gat
c)
gall
d)
gals
22.
What would you use to measure the volume of the liquid inside?
a)
milliliters
b)
liters
23.
What would you use to measure the liquid in a coffee cup?
a)
liter
b)
mililiter
c)
gallon
24.
1 L = ______ mL
a)
1
b)
10
c)
100
d)
1,000
25.
Choose the best measurement for capacity.
a)
gram
b)
meter
c)
milliliter
d)
liter
26.
Which unit would best describe the capacity of your milk carton at lunch?
a)
Cup
b)
Pint
c)
Liter
d)
Quart
27.
Babies take a very small amount of medicine. Which describes the amount of medicine that would fill this medicine dropper?
a)
pints
b)
liters
c)
milliliters
d)
quarts
28.
Which unit best describe the amount of soda in this container?
a)
2 fluid ounces
b)
2 cups
c)
2 liters
d)
2 gallons
29.
Which container would hold about 1 gallon?
a)
A spoon
b)
A milk jug
c)
A swimming pool
d)
A teacup
30.
This orange juice container is tall and skinny. It best describes which unit of capacity?
a)
cup
b)
pint
c)
quart
d)
gallon
31.
Standard metric unit for measuring weight
a)
gram
b)
kilogram
c)
weight
32.
Unit of measure agreed upon and used by everyone
a)
Balance
b)
Miligram
c)
Standard
33.
How heavy something is
a)
Estimate
b)
Weight
c)
Thinking
34.
1,000 milligrams =
a)
1 kilogram
b)
1 ton
c)
1 gram
35.
Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the weight of an elephant?
a)
Ounces
b)
Pounds
c)
Tons
d)
Cups
36.
Which unit of measurement would you use to measure the weight of an airplane
a)
Grams
b)
Tons
c)
Cups
d)
Pounds
37.
Estimate the weight of an adult cat.
a)
300 pounds
b)
2 pounds
c)
10 pounds
d)
50 pounds
38.
Estimate the weight of a couch.
a)
9 pounds
b)
200 pounds
c)
25 pounds
d)
40 pounds
39.
Estimate the weight of a bunch of bananas.
a)
16 pounds
b)
1 pound
c)
8 pounds
d)
20 pounds
40.
Estimate the weight of a stapler.
a)
Less than 1 pound
b)
22 pounds
c)
6 pounds
d)
14 pounds
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