Math Activity
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Comparing Containers
Directions:
1. Get an empty gallon, quart, pint, and cup containers.
2.Go over the concepts, “holds more, less, or the same amount.” You can use water, rice, or anything else to fill up the containers. 3.Ask your child which container holds the most rice? Which container holds the least rice? Which container(s) hold the same amount of rice?
4.Have your child play with the containers filling them
up with rice. Compare the containers, “Does the quart or the pint hold the most rice? How many pints does it take to fill a quart, gallon? How many cups does it take to fill a pint, quart, and gallon? How much of a
5.Get other containers and ask the same questions.
Let your child discover and play away with the containers!
Measuring Comparing Containers It is very important to learn all the different types of measurement!
