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Metric Capacity

Metric Capacity. By Miss O. Can you draw your own “Big G”?. Let’s review customary capacity!. How many cups are in a pint? How many quarts are in a gallon? How many pints are in a quart? How many cups are in a gallon? How many pints are in a gallon?. Metric Capacity.

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Metric Capacity

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  1. Metric Capacity By Miss O.

  2. Can you draw your own “Big G”?

  3. Let’s review customary capacity! How many cups are in a pint? How many quarts are in a gallon? How many pints are in a quart? How many cups are in a gallon? How many pints are in a gallon?

  4. Metric Capacity • Metric = the measurement that the rest of the world uses • How much something holds = capacity

  5. Two units your need to know! • Milliliter (mL) • An eye dropper can measure 1 milliliter. Milliliters are teeny tiny? Talk and Turn: What other metric unit has a similar name and is also measures teeny tiny things?

  6. Liter (L) • One liter = 1,000 milliliters (mLs) *This is not even CLOSE to 1,000 milliliters!!!!

  7. Talk and Turn: • Which is greater, a liter or milliliter? Hint: This is a 2-liter bottle of Dr. Pepper. 

  8. Let’s make it real! • What metric unit would you use to find the capacity of a car’s gas tank?

  9. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… • Water in a washing machine?

  10. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… • Juice in a glass? Hint: don’t choose the one that will be more (even if it is more by a little bit).

  11. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… • Bleach in a bottle?

  12. What metric unit of capacity would you use to measure… • Ink in a pen?

  13. Which number would be greater, the number of milliliters of milk in a pitcher or the number of liters of milk in the same pitcher?

  14. How many milliliters is in 1 Liter?

  15. Think about it! • If a container held 5 L of fluid. How many milliliters does the container hold?

  16. Challenge: • Go home tonight and look around your house to find containers that may be labeled with metric capacity units: liters and milliliters! • Remember the abbreviations are: L and mL! • Come back to school tomorrow ready to share what you discovered!

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