Explain that items can be compared using capacity | Maths

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How many cubes can you see here?
- 4
- 5 ✓
- 6
- 7
How many cubes can you see here?
- 5
- 6 ✓
- 7
- 8
Which set has more cubes?
- Set A ✓
- Set B
- They have the same amount of cubes.
Which set has more cubes?
- Set A
- Set B
- They have the same number of cubes. ✓
Which set has fewer cubes?
- Set A
- Set B ✓
- They have the same number of cubes.
What does 'equal to' mean?
- Two sets have the same amount. ✓
- One set has more than the other.
- One set has fewer than the other.

Which will hold more water, the jug or the cup?
- The jug ✓
- The cup
- They will hold the same amount.
Which will hold less water, the bottle or the jug?
- The bottle ✓
- The jug
- They will hold the same amount.
Which will hold more water, the cup or the bottle?
- The cup
- The bottle ✓
- They will hold the same amount.
Which box will hold more bricks?
- Box 1
- Box 2 ✓
- They will hold the same amount of bricks.
Which box will hold more bricks?
- Box 1
- Box 2
- They will hold the same amount of bricks. ✓
Capacity means...
- how tall an object is.
- how heavy an object is.
- how much something will hold. ✓

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Know the language used when comparing volume and capacity, more than, less than, equal to, the same.
Know less is used when the noun cannot be counted and fewer is used to descibe countable nouns.

Children may assume that taller objects have more capacity.

Compare real containers and demonstrate with water. Taller containers may be thinner and have less capacity.