Capacity and Customary units By Claudia Metric Units

Capacity and Customary units By: Claudia Metric Units Definition Customary Units

Capacity • Capacity is the amount of dry or liquid material that an object can hold. • There are customary and metric units. • In the United States we use customary units. • In other parts of the world people use metric units.

Gallons When we break up a gallon we get four quarts.

Quarts Out of each quart we get two pints.

Pints For each pint we got 2 cups.

Converting • In order to convert customary units you ether multiply or divide. • If you are converting big units to small units you multiply. • If you are converting small to big units you Example: divide. 2 gallons=_____ pints Because we get 4 quarts out of each gallon we multiply 4 by 2. Our answer is 8 pints.

Metric Units • Metric units are on a scale of ten. • Metrics is a unit that is used all over the world. • 1 liter = 1, 000 ml • 1 liter = 1 Dekaliter • 1 liter = 100 decileter This is a liter Mountain Dew.

Stair Chart We can use the stair chart to convert metric units.

Converting • When we convert we take the decimal and move it to the • • right or the left. If we are going up we move our decimal to the left. If we are making our unit smaller we move the decimal to the right. Example: 1 Leter=____ ml 1 1, 000=1, 000 ml

The Formula • We can also convert metrics by using a simple formula. • 1 liter is equal to 1, 000 milliliters This is the formula

Graduated Cylinder This is a graduated cylinder. We can use it to measure a few milliliters.

Beaker This is a beaker. We can use a beaker to measure a lot of milliliters.

Measuring Cup This is a measuring cup. We can use it to measure customary units.

This tool is most likely used to measure a few millimeters.

This tool is most likely used to measure a few hundred millimeters.

This tool is most likely used to measure a recipe in the USA.