Capacity

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Capacity
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What is capacity?

• Capacity is the amount that something holds

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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?

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What do we use to measure capacity?

• Metric measures-litres, millilitres and
  centilitres
• Imperial measures-pints and gallons

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Metric measures

• How many millilitres in a litre?
• 1000 millilitres 1 litre
• How many centilitres in a litre?
• 100 centilitres 1 litre

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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

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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

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

• Litre,
• millilitre,
• gallon,
• pint,
• centilitre

• Gallon
• Litre

• Pint
• Centilitre

• millilitre