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Volume and Capacity Exploration

Help Kai plan drinks and storage for a busy fair. Read the information in each question and show your working for calculations. Remember: 1 L = 1,000 mL and 1 cm³ is the volume of a cube measuring 1 cm on each side.

Make sense of the measures

Volume describes the space an object takes up. Capacity tells how much a container can hold.

1.The stall has a sealed rectangular storage crate. Which measure describes the space the crate itself takes up?

Volume
Its capacity
Its mass

2.A water dispenser can hold 8 L. Is 8 L describing its volume or its capacity?

3.Match each measure to the unit that is most suitable.

Capacity of a drink bottle
Volume of a small solid block
Capacity of a large water dispenser

cm³
L
mL

Convert and calculate

Use the fair stall's supply list to solve the next challenges.

Container

Capacity

Water dispenser

8 L

Juice jug

1.5 L

Reusable bottle

600 mL

4.Write the water dispenser's capacity in millilitres.

5.The team fills 4 reusable bottles from the supply list. How many millilitres do they use altogether?

6.Kai pours 500 mL of juice from the 1.5 L jug. How much juice remains? Give your answer in litres and millilitres.

7.A rectangular ice-storage box is 20 cm long, 15 cm wide and 10 cm high. Calculate its volume.

Explain your thinking

Use what you know about volume and capacity to make a fair-stall decision.

8.True or false: 1 cm³ and 1 mL are equal amounts of space. Explain your choice.

9.The team needs to carry 6 L of water. They have the 8 L dispenser and several 600 mL bottles. Give one way to carry exactly 6 L using these containers.

10.A classmate says, “The ice-storage box measures 3,000 cm³, so it must hold 3,000 L.” Explain the mistake.