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Capacity. How does mom know how much sugar to put in her cake?. She uses c apacity to measure the volume. Capacity is the maximum amount something can contain. M easure capacity in ounces, cups pints, quarts, and gallons. Capacity is measured in ounces!.
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Capacity How does mom know how much sugar to put in her cake?
She uses capacity to measure the volume • Capacity is the maximum amount something can contain. Measure capacity in ounces, cups pints, quarts, and gallons.
Capacity is measured in ounces! • Ounce is the smallest unit of measure in capacity . • 8 ounces (oz.)= 1cup • 2 cups.= 1 pint (pt.) • 2 pts= 1 quart (qt.) • 4 qts. = 1gallon (g.)