Volume and Capacity

Volume
Is the amount of space inside a
container

Volume of Solids
Solid A is a unit cube.
The dimensions are 1 cm by 1 cm by
1 cm
The volume of unit cube is 1 cm3
Read :
one cubic centimeter or one
centimeter cubed

 Solid B is made up of four unit cubes

Each cube has a volume of one cubic
centimeters
The volume of Solid B is 4 cubic
centimeters or 4 centimeter cubed
Volume of Solid B = 4 x 1 cm3
= 4 cm3

SOLIDS

Number of 1-cm
cube

Volume of solid

How many unit cubes did you see?

Practice
Math Alive 5B page 110

Volume of A Cuboid
A rectangular solid is
called a cuboid
All the faces of a
cuboid are either
rectangles or squares
The length of Cuboid A
is 22 cm
Its breadth is 8 cm
Its height is 8 cm.

What are the length, breadth and

height of each cuboid?

Volume of cuboid = Length x Breadth X

Height

Practice

Journal

Capacity
The capacity of a container is the
amount it can hold when it is
completely full.
The capacity of small container is
measured in mililiters or ml.

The eyedropper can hold 5 milliliter of water

The capacity of the eyedropper is
It takes 2 eyedroppers to fill the teaspoon.
What is the capacity of the teaspoon?

Cover Up!
You need a 6-spinner: 5 ml, 10 ml, 25
ml, 50 ml, 75 ml, 100 ml
A big paperclip
One measuring glass 100 ml
One measuring glass 10 ml
Cups of water
A jug of water that contain around 2
liter of water

Cover Up
Take turn to roll the spinner.
Wait until the paperclip stop and see
where it lays.
Take water from the jug accordingly
an precisely by using the appropriate
measuring glass.
Pour the water into your cups
The winner is the one who get 250
ml first.

Sharing
What did you learn from the activity?
What kind of skills and concept
student will get from the activity?
Is there any possible misconception
from the game?
How are you going to handle it?

Converting
How much water is in this
container?
Express your answer in
liters and milliliters.
3.075 ml
3.075 ml = 3000 ml + 75
ml
= 3 L 75 ml

Journal

Volume Vs Capacity of
Liquids

The tank has a capacity of 1000 cm 3

The amount of water in the tank is 1000 cm 3
Capacity is the amount of liquid a container can hold.
Volume is the three-dimensional space occupied by
any solid, liquid or gas.
Volume is commonly presented in units such as cubic
meters, cubic centimeters, liters or milliliters.

This cuboid tank has dimensions

of 15 cm, 10 cm and 6 cm
What is the
capacity of the
tank?
What is the
amount of water
in the tank now
How much more
water is needed
to fill the tank to
its brim?

4 cm

6 cm

15
cm

10
cm

 Capacity of the tank = Length x Breadth x Height

= (15 x 10 x 6) cm3
= 0,9 L
Amount of water in the tank = Length x Breadth x Height

= (15 x 10 x 4) cm3
= 600 cm3
Amount of water needed to fill the tank to its brim
= Length x Breadth x Height
= (15 x 10 x 2) cm3
= 300 cm3
= 0,3 L

 We can take 6 cm 4 cm = 2 cm as
the height of water needed to fill the
tank.
The capacity of the tank is 0,9 L
There is 0,6 L in the tank now
0,3 L is needed to fill the tank to its
brim
We need to find the capacity of a
container in order to find out how much
liquid can fill it up

Your Turn
10 cm
8 cm

8 cm
20 cm

The cuboid tank has dimensions of length

20 cm, breadth 8 cm, and height 10 cm.
1. What is the capacity of the tank?
2. How much more water is needed to fill
the tank to its brim?
Write your answers in liters and milliliters.