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# quantity

«quantity» in Mova's school dictionary: **an amount or a number of something: how many or how much** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (quantity, quantities)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A quantity is an amount or a number of something: how many or how much. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#m1)

2) «In quantity» or «large quantities» means a lot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#m2)

3) In maths and science, a quantity is anything that can be measured or counted, like length, time or mass. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths: any amount in a problem — how many or how much; comparing two quantities; the quantity left; known and unknown quantities. In science: measuring quantities with units. In everyday life: the quantity on a shopping list or a recipe; «quality, not quantity». Phrases: «a large quantity of», «a small quantity», «in quantity», «quality and quantity».

### examples

- What quantity of flour do you need? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x1)
- Find the quantity of apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x2)
- Compare the two quantities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x3)
- The quantity left is 7. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x4)
- The recipe lists the quantity of each ingredient. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x5)
- Bees make honey in large quantities. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x6)
- Write the quantity next to each item on the list. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x7)
- Length, mass and time are quantities we can measure. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x8)
- Here a quantity of provisions were given him to carry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/#x9)

### note

Plural «quantities». Do not confuse with «quality» (how good something is). Maths: a general word for «amount»; the question tells which quantity to find. Trap: two quantities must have the same unit before you compare them.

### In the corpora

- [The cost is the price times the quantity: 4 chairs at 136 dollars each cost 136 × 4 = 544 dollars.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/142-multiply-by-one-digit/2/)
- [To find a fraction of a quantity, first find one equal part: divide by the number below the line.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/lessons/151-fraction-of-a-quantity/0/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quantity» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quantity/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.