Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

Capacity is the amount that a container will hold.

Volume is the amount that a container will hold in cubic units.

Let’s see how many cups that this cylinder will hold.

The capacity of the cylinder is 6 cups. Count with me as we pour the cups of sugar in one-at-a-time. 1 cup 2 cups 3 cups4 cups 5 cups6 cups sugar

What is the volume of this box?

Let’s count the number of cubes that it will take to fill this box.

The volume of this box is 80 cubic units.

These are the common measures of capacity: fluid ouncemilliliter cupliter pintquartgallon

These are the common measures of volume: cubic inchcubic foot cubic centimetercubic meter cubic yard

A Project Developed for Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use Technology (PT3) By Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University, College of Education