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