1. Capacity

2. What is capacity?
Capacity is the amount that something holds

3. We talk about the capacity of…
A car boot
A bottle
A freezer
A watering can
A can of coke
A petrol tank
Can you think of any more?

4. What do we use to measure capacity?
Metric measures-litres, millilitres and centilitres
Imperial measures-pints and gallons

5. Metric measures How many millilitres in a litre?
1000 millilitres = 1 litre
How many centilitres in a litre?
100 centilitres = 1 litre

6. Measures How many litres in 1 gallon? 1 gallon = 4 ½ litres
How many pints in 1 gallon?
1 gallon = 8 pints
How many pints in 1 litre?
1 litre = 1 ¾ pints

7. Capacity of everyday objects
How many millilitres in a can of coke?
330ml
Average washing - up liquid bottle
500ml
Large bottle of lemonade
2 litres

8. Can you put these measures in order of size, largest to smallest?
Litre,
millilitre,
gallon,
pint,
centilitre
Gallon
Litre
Pint
Centilitre
millilitre