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Page 1: Volume. Volume of a rectangle Length x Width x Height 5 ft 2 ft 3 ft

Volume

Page 2: Volume. Volume of a rectangle Length x Width x Height 5 ft 2 ft 3 ft

Volume of a rectangle

• Length x Width x Height

5 ft

2 ft3 ft

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Question

• Why does pop come in weird sizes like 355ml and 591ml?

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Metric

The metric system uses liters

1 liter = 1 cubic decimeter (10cm x 10 cm x 10 cm)

Sometimes cubic centimeters are also used 1 cubic cm = 1/1000 of a liter = 1 milliliter

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Imperial Volume

The Imperial system uses pints, quarts and gallonsVolume is also measured in cubic inches, cubic

feet and cubic yards.In Canada when we refer to Imperial we usually

mean British Imperial, but the US has a different system

1 British gallon = 4.546 litres1 US gallon = 3.785 litres

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• In both Imperial systems:1 gallon = 4 quarts1 quart = 2 pints

• In US system:1 pint = 16 fluid ounces

• In British system:1 pint = 20 fluid ounces