Transcript Capacity - Web Maths! Ashlawn School

Capacity
What is capacity?
• Capacity is the amount that something
holds
We talk about the capacity of…
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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 measureslitres, millilitres and
centilitres
• Imperial measurespints and gallons
Metric measures
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How many millilitres in a litre?
1000 millilitres = 1 litre
How many centilitres in a litre?
100 centilitres = 1 litre
Measures
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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
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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