Volume & Capacity

Volume

Volume and capacity are measurements of how much space there is. Metric measurements of volume and capacity are based on the unit of measurement called the litre.

Volume and capacity

Volume is a measurement of how much space a substance (like liquid or air) takes up.
Capacity is a measurement of how much a container can hold.

Units of measurement

Millilitre and litre are units of volume and capacity.
We write the units after the number, using lower case letters.
Use a curly Ɩ so it does not look like a 1.
- 5 Ɩ (five litres).
- 20 mƖ (twenty millilitres).

Relations between units

Millilitres are smaller and litres are bigger.
There are 1,000 millilitres in 1 litre.
You should use millilitres to measure small amounts of substances, like the amount of drink in a can.
You should use litres to measure large amounts of substances, like the amount of petrol in a car.

Measuring volume

We usually measure volume using special containers with measurements showing millilitres or litres.
Spoons, jugs and measuring cylinders are all tools for measuring volume.
Scales often have divisions between the main numbers.
Divisions between the litres might be hundreds of millilitres or fractions of a litre.

1Year 3 - Number

2Year 3 - Measurement

2.1Length

2.1.1Length

2.1.2Comparing Lengths

2.1.3Add & Subtract Lengths

2.1.4Perimeter

2.2Mass

2.2.1Mass

2.2.2Comparing Masses

2.2.3Add & Subtract Masses

2.3Volume & Capacity

2.3.1Volume & Capacity

2.3.2Comparing Volumes

2.3.3Add & Subtract Volumes

2.4Money

2.4.1Money

2.4.2Counting Money

2.4.3Adding & Subtracting Money

2.5Time

2.5.1Units of Time

2.5.2Clocks

2.5.3Telling the Time

2.5.4Time of the Day

2.5.512-Hour & 24-Hour Clocks

2.5.6Measuring Time

3Year 3 - Geometry

3.1Angles

3.1.1Angles in Degrees

3.1.2Types of Angle

3.2Properties of Shapes

3.2.12D Shapes

3.2.23D Shapes

3.3Straight Lines

3.3.1Straight Lines

3.3.2Parallel & Perpendicular Lines

4Year 3 - Statistics

4.1Statistics

4.1.1Statistics

4.1.2Pictograms & Bar Charts

5Year 4 - Number

6Year 4 - Measurement

6.1Units

6.1.1Metric Measurements

6.1.2Adding & Subtracting Money

6.2Time

6.2.1Converting Units of Time

6.2.2Changing the 12-Hour Clock to the 24-Hour Clock

6.2.3Changing the 24-hour Clock to the 12-Hour Clock

7Year 4 - Geometry

7.1Properties of Shapes

7.1.1Symmetry

7.1.2Types of Triangle

7.1.3Quadrilaterals

7.2Perimeter & Area

7.2.1Perimeter

7.2.2Area

7.3Position & Direction

7.3.1Coordinates

7.3.2Translation

8Year 4 - Statistics

8.1Statistics

8.1.1Types of Data

8.1.2Pictograms & Bar Charts

8.1.3Line Graphs

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