Volume
January 17, 2017
Do Now
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
How many grams are in 3 kg?
How many kg are in 39.5 g?
Volume
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Volume is the amount of space inside an object.
In the metric system, the unit used to measure volume is liters.
Volume
January 17, 2017
Mental Benchmarks
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Match the object with the volume:
1 liter (L)
10 L
100 L
1000 L = 1 kiloliters (kL)
Decompose the Liter
We can also break down the liter
1L
0.1 L
0.01 L
0.001 L = 1 milliliter (mL)
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Volume
January 17, 2017
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Metric System
The entire metric system:
0.001 L = 1 mL
0.01
0.1
1 Liter
10
100
1000 L = 1 kL
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Convert
Convert each of the following:
3000
L = ___ kL
5
26,000
L = ___ kL
0.2 kL = _____ L
10
L = ___ kL
70
4
L = _____ mL
3500 mL = ___ L
0.08 L = _____ mL
29,460 mL = ___ L
19
L = _____ mL
kL = _____ L
kL = _____ L
79 mL = ___ L
Volume
January 17, 2017
Read a Scale
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
How many liters?
Estimate to the nearest liter.
Estimate to the nearest hundred milliliter.
Application
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
A doctor prescribes Mrs. Larson 5 milliliters of medicine each day for 3
days. How many milliliters of medicine will she take altogether?
Daniel's fish tank holds 24 liters of water. He uses a 4-liter bucket to fill
the tank. How many buckets of water are needed to fill the tank?
Volume
January 17, 2017
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.
Capacity
The 'capacity' of a container tells us the most a container can hold.
What is the difference between the capacity of
Container A and Container C?
Answers to Classwork
1. D
8. less
2. D
9. A
3. C
10. A
4. C
5. B
6. C
7.
Aim: Explore liters, kiloliters, and milliliters.