Essential Ideas
- The unit of measurement for volume is a cubic unit.
- Volume formulas
- The capacity is the amount of liquid a container holds. The
standard units of capacity with which you should be familiar are: U.S.:
gallon, quart, ounce, and cup Metric:liter, kiloliter, and milliliter
- Relationship Between Volume and Capacity
- You should also know the metric prefixes: kilo (times 1,000); hecto
(times 100); deka (times 10) deci (times 1/10); centi (times 1/100);
milli (times 1/1,000)