The amount held in a container is the volume.
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The amount a container can hold is called the volume, measured in litres if you're using the metric system(SI.) The answer is capacity or the volume of the container and it depends on how big the container is!
The amount or volume a container can hold.
Capacity
Here's how to proceed:Fill container B with 3 liters.Pour the 3 liters from container B into container A.Fill container B again with 3 liters.Carefully pour from container B into container A, until container A is full.Container A already had 3 liters, so it only takes 2 more liters to fill it to 5 liters, leaving 1 liter remaining in container B.
The space inside that container is 24" x 24" x 24" = 13,824 cubic inches. That's 59.844 gallons of space, whether or not there's anything in it. A gallon is not an amount of water or gasoline or anything else. It's an amount of space, just like a cubic inch or a cubic foot is.