Transcript Capacity and Volume PowerPoint

Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson
Athens State University
PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000
Capacity is the amount that a
container will hold.
Volume is the amount that a
container will hold
in cubic units.
Let’s see how
many cups that
this cylinder
will hold.
Count with me as
we pour the cups of
sugar in
one-at-a-time.
The capacity of
the cylinder is
6 cups.
sugar
6 cups
5 cups
4 cups
3 cups
2 cups
1 cup
What is the
volume of
this box?
Let’s count
the number
of cubes that
it will take
to fill this
box.
80
60
40
5
10
15
20
The
volume of
this box is
80 cubic
units.
These are the common measures
of capacity:
fluid ounce
cup
pint
milliliter
liter
quart
gallon
These are the common measures
of volume:
cubic inch
cubic foot
cubic centimeter
cubic yard
cubic meter
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Athens State University, College of Education
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