US Capacity Units: Largest to Smallest with Gallon Man
Practice ordering gallons, quarts, pints, and cups
US Capacity Units: Largest to Smallest with Gallon Man
Practice ordering gallons, quarts, pints, and cups
Math - Grade 4-5
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Write these US capacity units in order from largest to smallest: cup, gallon, pint, quart.
Gallon Man starts with one gallon, then breaks it into quarts, pints, and cups.
The units from largest to smallest are gallon, quart, pint, and cup. - 2
Complete the comparison using >, <, or =: 1 gallon ___ 4 quarts.
1 gallon = 4 quarts because one gallon contains exactly four quarts. - 3
Complete the comparison using >, <, or =: 3 pints ___ 5 cups.
Change pints to cups before comparing.
3 pints > 5 cups because 3 pints equals 6 cups, and 6 cups is greater than 5 cups. - 4
A recipe uses 2 quarts of lemonade. How many cups is that?
2 quarts equals 8 cups because 1 quart equals 4 cups, so 2 times 4 equals 8. - 5
Circle the largest amount: 1 quart, 3 cups, 1 pint.
Convert each amount to cups.
1 quart is the largest amount because 1 quart equals 4 cups, 3 cups equals 3 cups, and 1 pint equals 2 cups. - 6
Put these amounts in order from smallest to largest: 1 gallon, 2 cups, 1 pint, 1 quart.
The amounts from smallest to largest are 2 cups, 1 pint, 1 quart, and 1 gallon. This is because 2 cups equals 1 pint, but as units in the list, cup is the smallest unit, then pint, quart, and gallon. - 7
How many pints are in 3 quarts?
Each quart has 2 pints.
There are 6 pints in 3 quarts because 1 quart equals 2 pints, and 3 times 2 equals 6. - 8
A cooler holds 1 gallon of water. You pour the water into pint bottles. How many 1-pint bottles can you fill?
You can fill 8 one-pint bottles because 1 gallon equals 8 pints. - 9
Complete the comparison using >, <, or =: 2 quarts ___ 5 pints.
Convert quarts to pints first.
2 quarts < 5 pints because 2 quarts equals 4 pints, and 4 pints is less than 5 pints. - 10
A pitcher has 12 cups of juice. Is that more than, less than, or equal to 1 gallon?
12 cups is less than 1 gallon because 1 gallon equals 16 cups, and 12 is less than 16. - 11
Label the Gallon Man parts with the correct units: the whole body is 1 unit, the 4 large sections are another unit, the 8 smaller sections are another unit, and the 16 tiny sections are another unit.
Use the order gallon, quart, pint, cup from largest to smallest.
The whole body is 1 gallon, the 4 large sections are quarts, the 8 smaller sections are pints, and the 16 tiny sections are cups. - 12
Maria says, "A cup is larger than a pint because the word cup comes first in the list cup, pint, quart, gallon." Explain why Maria is incorrect.
Think about how many cups make 1 pint.
Maria is incorrect because the correct order from largest to smallest is gallon, quart, pint, and cup. A pint is larger than a cup because 1 pint equals 2 cups.