Whale's Full and Empty – Capacity Worksheet (IB PYP Grade 1)

About This Worksheet

Is the container full, half full or empty? Decide for each glass, jug and bottle. This colourful, printable IB PYP Grade 1 Mathematics worksheet gives young learners focused practice with capacity, with a friendly whale to guide them. It has a name, class and date box for students, the mindtested.com header and footer, and a teacher answer key on page 2.

What Questions Are in This Worksheet?

There are 3 activities worth 12 marks in total:

• Activity A: Describing how full each container is.
• Activity B: Comparing which container holds more water.
• Activity C: Comparing capacity of real containers.

What Your Child Will Practise

• Describing full, half full and empty
• Comparing which holds more or less
• Ordering containers by capacity
• Counting cups to fill a jug

How to Use This Worksheet

1. Print the PDF on A4 paper (colour is best, but black and white works too).
2. Read each instruction aloud together before your child starts.
3. Let your child try every activity independently first.
4. Mark with the answer key on page 2 and talk through any mistakes.

Tip: five to ten minutes of regular practice works better for Grade 1 learners than one long session. Colour in the whale when the worksheet is finished as a small reward.

Ideal for classroom use, homework, tutoring or home learning in the IB PYP Measurement strand, where learners describe how full a container is and compare how much containers hold. Answer key included.