Capacity and Mass

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Capacity and Mass

• 5-3

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Conversion Chart
Larger ?Base
Unit?
Smaller
(meter, liter, gram)
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Liter

• The basic metric measure of capacity

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Using Metric Measures of Capacity

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide in the same
  way as other numbers
• Examples
• 786 L 554 L
• 232 L
• 1620 mL 5
• 324 mL

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Metric Measures of Mass

• Mass a measurement of the quantity of matter
• Weight a force exerted by gravitational pull
  against a mass
• Gram the standard unit of mass in the metric
  system
• Metric Tons (kg) used to measure large mass

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Example

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide these just as
  you would other numbers
• 0.7 kg 0.6 kg
• 1.3 kg

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Converting Metric and Customary Measurements
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Example

• How many quarts are in a 2-liter?
• 1 L 1.06 quarts
• 2 L
• 2.12 quarts

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Homework

• Pages 184-188
• 7, 13, 16, 25, 31, 47, 49, 63, 72