Capacity

What is capacity?

• Capacity is the amount that something holds

We talk about the capacity of…

• A car boot• A bottle• A freezer• A watering can• A can of coke• A petrol tank• Can you think of any

more?

What do we use to measure capacity?

• Metric measures-litres, millilitres and centilitres

• Imperial measures-pints and gallons

Metric measures

• How many millilitres in a litre?

• 1000 millilitres = 1 litre

• How many centilitres in a litre?

• 100 centilitres = 1 litre

Measures

• How many litres in 1 gallon?

• 1 gallon = 4 ½ litres

• How many pints in 1 gallon?

• 1 gallon = 8 pints

•How many pints in 1 litre?

•1 litre = 1 ¾ pints

Capacity of everyday objects

• How many millilitres in a can of coke?

• 330ml

• Average washing - up liquid bottle

• 500ml

• Large bottle of lemonade

• 2 litres

Can you put these measures in order of size, largest to smallest?• Litre,

millilitre,

gallon,

pint,

centilitre

• Gallon

• Litre

•Pint

•Centilitre

•millilitre