What do you think the word capacity means?
Use the sentence stem:
I think the word capacity means __________.
What do you think the word weight means?
Use the sentence stem:
I think the word weight means __________.
Sort the following items and decide which unit of measure would be used for the following items.
Volume (Capacity)
Weight
Ingrid placed a mystery item in a bag and set a bag on a scale. The weight of the item is shown.
Which could be the mystery item?
Marcel poured lemonade into the pitcher shown.
What was the liquid volume, in pints, of the lemonade?
Mason's mother bought a large container of orange juice.
About how much does the container hold?
Mr. Jones used this tool to determine his weight.
Which unit of measure did Mr. Jones use?
Which is the best estimate of the liquid volume of a baby bottle?
Which is the most reasonable measure of the liquid volume of a large bottle of shampoo?
Frankie needs to measure the weight of a bag of potatoes.
Which of these tools is NOT used to measure weight?