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Measuring CaPaCity

The quantity of a liquid that a container or vessel can hold is called its capacity or volume.

Vessels of different sizes used to measure different quantities of liquid are shown below.

Project
Ask your parents about the amount
of milk your family consumes in a
day. Draw a beaker and mark the

500 1 L 2 L scalings and label the amount of
200 milk you consume in a day.
mL mL

A vessel marked with scales can also be used to measure quantities of liquid.

mL mL mL mL

units of Measuring Capacity

Litre and millilitre are standard units of capacity.

Millilitre Litre
• Small quantities of liquids are measured • Large quantities of liquids are measured

in millilitre. in litres.
• It is denoted by 'mL'. • It is denoted by 'L'.

Examples: Capacity of cup of tea, medicine in Examples: Capacity of a water can, a bath
an injection, Ink bottle. tub full with water, oil drum.

200 mL 5 mL 150 mL 20 L 150 L 225 L

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