1. Capacity & Volume Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State University
PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

2. Capacity is the amount that a container will hold.

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

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

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

6. What is the volume of this box?

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

8. The volume of this box is 80 cubic units.60 40 5 10 15 20

9. These are the common measures
Capacity
These are the common measures
of capacity:
fluid ounce milliliter
cup liter
pint quart gallon

10. These are the common measures
Volume
These are the common measures
of volume:
cubic inch cubic foot
cubic centimeter cubic meter
cubic yard

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