Full, empty, and in between

Mathematics · Measurement · ages 4-6

Name ______________________ Date ____________

A jug holds 5 cups of juice. You pour out 2 cups. How many cups are left in the jug? Write the number.
Answer: ______________
One cup is full of water. Another cup is empty. Which cup holds more water now?
- The empty cup
- They hold the same
- You cannot tell
- The full cup
Look at the bars. Which cup has more water?
- Cup B
- Cup A
- They are the same
A full cup has more water than an empty cup.
Circle one: True False
You fill a pot with 3 cups, then 3 more cups. How many cups are in the pot? Write the number.
Answer: ______________
This bar has 1 out of 4 parts shaded. How full is the cup?
- Half full
- Quarter full
- Full
A bottle holds 4 cups. You add 2 more cups. How many cups are in the bottle now?
- 6
- 5
- 8
- 7
Ava says half a cup is more than a full cup. Is Ava right?
Circle one: True False
Maya pours the same amount of juice into two cups. One cup is tall, one is short. She thinks the tall cup has more juice. Is Maya right?
Circle one: True False
A big jug holds 8 cups. A small jug holds 5 cups. How many more cups does the big jug hold? Write the number.
Answer: ______________

Answer key

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3 · Take 2 away from 5 to get 3.
The full cup · The full cup holds water and the empty cup holds none.
Cup B · The taller bar means more water. Cup B has more.
True · Full means completely filled, so it holds the most water.
6 · Put 3 and 3 together to get 6.
Quarter full · 1 out of 4 parts is a quarter. That makes the cup quarter full.
6 · Put 4 and 2 together to get 6.
False · Ava is wrong: half a cup is only part of a full cup.
False · Both cups have the same amount of juice. The cup shape just makes it look different.
3 · 8 is 3 more than 5.