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Understanding
1. Capacity, also known as liquid volume, is used to measure the
volume of a liquid container. Weight is used to measure how
heavy an object is.
Units of Capacity
1 pint = 2 cups
1 quart = 2 pints
1 gallon = 4 quarts
Units of Weight
16 ounces = 1 pound
2,000 pounds = 1 ton
Capacity (liquid volume) can be measured
Weight can be measured in
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MUSTARD
2. What would you use to measure how heavy a jar of mustard is?
What units could you use?
What would you use to measure how much mustard the jar holds?
What unit could you use?
3. What would you use to measure how heavy the bottle of ketchup is?
What units could you use?
4. What would you use to measure how much iced tea a pitcher holds?
What units could you use?
On the Back!
5. Stacey bought a new fishbowl for her pet fish Bubbles. Would she
use capacity or weight to figure out how much water she needs to
fill the bowl? What units could she use?