Capacity

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Capacity Volume
Dr. Beth McCulloch Vinson Athens State
University PT3 Grant Funding, Summer 2000
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Capacity
Capacity is the amount that a container will hold.
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Volume
Volume is the amount that a container will hold
in cubic units.
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Lets see how many cups that this cylinder will
hold.
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Count with me as we pour the cups of sugar in
one-at-a-time.
The capacity of the cylinder is 6 cups.
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What is the volume of this box?
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Lets count the number of cubes that it will take
to fill this box.
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80
The volume of this box is 80 cubic units.
60
40
5
10
15
20
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Capacity
These are the common measures of capacity

fluid ounce milliliter cup liter pint quart g
allon
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Volume
These are the common measures of volume
cubic inch cubic foot cubic centimeter cubic
meter cubic yard
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