1. By: Casie Pease 4th Grade
Capacity
By: Casie Pease
4th Grade

2. Capacity (Customary Units)
Definition – the amount of liquid in an object
Fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons
Don’t forget your benchmarks

3. Gallon Kingdom There once was a Gallon Kingdom.
In the kingdom, there lived 4 Queens. Each ruled a corner of the kingdom. 4 corners, 4 queens ( 4 quarts).
Each queen had 2 princesses that were the apples of their eyes. (2 Princesses = 2 pints per queen.

4. G Q Q
Capacity P P P P Q Q P P P P

5. Gallon Kingdom
Each Princess has two cute eyes. P C C

6. Gallon Kingdom 1 Gallon = 4 quarts (queens)
1 quart (queen) = 2 pints (princesses)
1 princess (pint) = 2 cups (cute eyes)
Also remember that there are 8 fluid ounces in a cup.

7. Apply what you know. How many quarts are in 1 gallon?
Think of Gallon Kingdom.
A) 2
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: B

8. Show what you know. How many cups are in a pint? A) 2 B) 4 C) 6 D) 8
Answer: A) 2

9. How many pints are in a gallon?
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: D 8

10. How many quarts are in ½ gallon?
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: A

11. How many cups are in a gallon?
B) 8
C) 12
D) 16
Answer: D) 16

12. How many ounces are in a cup?
A) 6 oz
B) 8 oz
C) 10 oz
D) 12 oz
Answer: B ( 8oz.)

13. How many cups are in a quart?
B) 4
C) 6
D) 8
Answer: B) 4

14. Think Tank How many ounces are in 5 cups? 5 cups = _____ ounces
Clue: 1 cup = 8 ounces
Big to small or small to big?
Operation???
Answer:
40 ounces

15. How many ounces are in two pints?
First ask yourself…how many cups are in one pint? 2
So, we have 2 pints with 2 cups in each. Therefore, we have 4 cups in all.
4 cups = _____ ounces???
Clue: 1 cup = 8 ounces
Big to small or small to big???
Answer:
32 ounces

16. How many pints are in 2 gallons?
2 gallons = ____ pints
Clue: 1 gallon = 8 pints
Operation??? Big to small or small to Big?
Answer:
16 pints

17. How many cups are in 8 gallons?
8 gallons = ____ cups
Clue: 1 gallon = 16 cups
Operation? Big to small or small to big?
Solve.
Answer:
128 cups

18. Don’t forget those teaspoons
1 ounce is about 1 teaspoon of liquid.
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon.
How many teaspoons are in 8 tablespoons?
8 tablespoons = ____ teaspoons
Clue: 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
Operation: big to small or small to big
Answer:
24 teaspoons

19. Capacity (Metrics) Units = Milliliters (ml) – large drop of liquid
Liters (l) – fat water bottle
Kiloliters – 1,000 liters ( a small Jacuzzi filled with water is about 1,000 liters)

20. Benchmark Review 1 milliliter is about
A) the amount of liquid in a teaspoon.
B) a large drop of liquid from a medicine dropper.
C) ½ a cup full of liquid.
Answer:
B (drop of liquid)

21. 1 liter is about… A) the size of a cup B) the size of a gallon
C) the size of a fat water bottle
D) the size of a can of coke
Answer:

22. The size of a kiloliter is about the size of a ……
A) sink of water
B) jug of water
C) mug of water
D) Jacuzzi filled with water
Answer:
D) Jacuzzi

23. Which unit should you use?
To measure the amount of medicine you are going to take for your cough…
A) milliliters
B) liters
C) kiloliters
Answer:
A) milliliters (ml)

24. Which unit would you use to measure the amount of soda in a can?
A) liters
B) milliliters
C) kiloliters
Answer:

25. A) milliliters B) liters C) kiloliters Answer:
Which unit would you use to measure the amount of liquid in large jug of water?
A) milliliters
B) liters
C) kiloliters
Answer:

26. Which unit would you use to measure the amount of water in a baby pool?
A) milliliters
B) liters
C) kiloliters
Answer:

27. Answer: C (kiloliters)
Which unit would you use to measure the amount of water in an Olympic size pool?
A) milliliters
B) liters
C) kiloliters
Answer: C (kiloliters)

28. Think Tank How many milliliters are in 7 liters?
Clue: 1,000 milliliters are in 1 liter.
Operation: Big to small OR small to big?
7 liters = _____ milliliters
SOLVE!
Answer:
7,000 milliliters

29. How many liters are in 9 kiloliters?
Clue: 1,000 liters are in 1 kiloliter.
Operation: big to small OR small to big?
9 kiloliters = _____ liters
SOLVE!
Answer: 9,000 liters

30. How many liters are in 3,000 milliliters?
Clue: 1,000 milliliters = 1 liter
Operation: big to small or small to big
3,000 milliliters = _____ liters
Solve!
3,000 divided by 1,000 =
3 liters

31. How many liters are in 4.5 kiloliters?
Clue: 1 kiloliter = 1,000 liters
Operation: big to small or small to big?
4.5 kiloliters = _____ liters
SOLVE!
4.5 x 1,000 =
Answer
4,500 liters

32. Keep Studying!!!!!!!!!!!!! Remember, we just learned about capacity.
Customary units – Gallons, quarts, pints, cups, ounces
Metric units – milliliters, liters, kiloliters