Capacity is the amount that a container will hold.

Let ’ s see how many cups that this cylinder will hold.

The capacity of the cylinder is 6 cups. Count with me as we pour the cups of sugar in one-at-a-time. 1 cup 2 cups 3 cups4 cups 5 cups6 cups sugar

These are the common measures of capacity: fluid ouncemilliliter cupliter pintquartgallon

You can use the Big G to help remember equal measurements for capacity. Gallon Quart Pint Cups

Gallon Quart Pint Cups What do you buy by the gallon? Quart?Pint? Cup?

One Gallon= 4 Quarts. One Quart=2 pints One pint = 2 cups How many cups are in 2 pints? How many cups are in 1 quarts? What has more capacity 2 Quarts or 7 cups?

Liter Kilo Liter centi milli We use Liter and mL most. What do you buy by the Liter?

One Liter is about equal to one quart. About how many liters are there in one gallon? About how many cups Are there in one liter?

Susan has 15 quarts of soda. About how many liters is this? Leonardo has a fish tank that holds 50 liters of water. 50 liters is approximately equal to how many gallons? About how many quarts is this?