Maths games - capacity

• SRS
• Special Education

Maths challenges

LO: To work with measuring capacity

Looking at the equipment, what do you think our objective is for this lesson?
What will we be learning?

Why is learning about capacity a useful skill? When might you use it?

Choose 4 containers. 

• One container needs to be full. 
  
• One container needs to be empty. 
  
• One container needs to be half full. 
  
• One container needs to be a quarter full. 
  

Select a measuring vessel appropriate for the amount. It may have to change depending on the capacity. 

5ml

50ml

150ml

275ml

620ml

1 litre 

How do you feel about the topic 'capacity'? 

Are you confident, not confident or in the middle? 

True or false: Liquids are measured in centimetres.

1. True
2. False

True or false: measuring liquids is often used when cooking, measuring wet ingredients.

1. True
2. False

Which two food items can be measured in millilitres and litres:

1. Flour
2. Milk
3. Oil
4. Butter

Which unit of measure are used for measuring liquids:

1. Metres
2. Litres
3. Grams
4. Centimetres