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Volume Exploration Worksheet

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Volume Exploration Worksheet

Evie and Omar are helping at a swimming carnival. Read the container descriptions. Circle, draw or say your answers.

Compare and notice

Volume tells us how much space something takes up, or how much a container can hold.

1.Which can hold more water: the tiny cup or the large drink jug? Circle one.
  • Tiny cup
  • Large drink jug
2.Which bucket is full of more water: the empty bucket or the bucket filled near the top?
3.Name one container mentioned on this worksheet that can hold water.

Make a splash

Imagine helping Hamish get ready for the carnival. Think about what happens when water is poured.

4.Hamish pours water from a small cup into a big jug. Does the water disappear, or does it still take up space in the jug?
  • It disappears
  • It still takes up space
5.Finish the idea: An empty cup has water in it.
6.Circle the container that would hold the most water for the swimmers.
  • A teaspoon
  • A swimming pool
7.Draw two cups. On the left cup, draw a line at the top to show it full. On the right cup, draw a line halfway up to show it half full.
8.A large bucket can hold more water than a small cup. True or false?
9.What could Evie use to pour water carefully into a cup: a jug or a shoe?
  • A jug
  • A shoe
10.Draw one container that could hold more water than a drinking cup. Tell or write its name.

3 printable pages

  • Volume Exploration Worksheet, page 1 of 3: Compare and notice

    Page 1

  • Volume Exploration Worksheet, page 2 of 3: Make a splash

    Page 2

  • Volume Exploration Worksheet, page 3 of 3: 10. Draw one container that could hold more water than a drinking cup. Tell or write

    Page 3

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