Measurement | Volume and Capacity

Volume is the amount of space an object or item has. Capacity is the amount of liquid an object can hold. The standard forms of measuring capacity are litres (L) and milliliters (ml). To measure these things, people often use measuring cups or cylinders.

Estimating is an educated guess to the amount of something. To estimate volume people just look at the object and try to guess the width, height and length. After that they multiply it all and get the estimated volume. To estimate the capacity of an object people use either ml or L.

To convert ml to L people often divide by 1000. To convert L to ml multiply by 1000.

LI: To explore standard forms of measuring volume and capacity.