capacity

1. Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson
Athens State University
PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000

2. Capacity is the amount that a
container will hold.

3. Volume is the amount that a
container will hold
in cubic units.

4. Let’s see how
many cups that
this cylinder
will hold.

5. The capacity of
the cylinder is
6 cups.
Count with me as
we pour the cups of
sugar in
one-at-a-time.
1 cup
2 cups
3 cups
4 cups
5 cups
6 cups
sugar

6. What is the
volume of
this box?

7. Let’s count
the number
of cubes that
it will take
to fill this
box.

8. 5
10
15
20
40
60
80
The
volume of
this box is
80 cubic
units.

9. These are the common measures
of capacity:
fluid ounce milliliter
cup liter
pint quart gallon

10. These are the common measures
of volume:
cubic inch cubic foot
cubic centimeter cubic meter
cubic yard

11. A Project Developed for
Preparing Tomorrow’s Teachers to Use
Technology (PT3)
By Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson
Athens State University, College of Education
http://www.athens.edu/vinsobm