How Many Millilitres in One Litre

How Many Millilitres in One Litre

Edited By Team Careers360 | Updated on Apr 06, 2023 05:44 PM IST

Introduction

There are 1000 millilitres in one litre. A litre is a metric unit, used to measure the volume of liquid while a millilitre is also a metric unit used to measure the capacity or volume of a liquid in a given smaller proportion. In the metric system, for measuring the value of liquid volume the basic unit is a litre and all other units are also based on litres like kilolitres, and millilitres. Now let's talk about millilitres and litres in detail.

About Litres

There are a total of thousand millilitres in every litre. To convert litre to millilitres we just simply have to multiply the given quantity by thousands. The symbol of a litre is L. Litre is not a SI unit instead it is a supplementary unit. A decilitre is a unit of volume in the metric system that is equal to one-tenth of a litre (1 dL = 0.1 L), while a centilitre is equal to one-hundredth of a litre (1 cL = 0.01 L). This means that ten decilitres are equal to one litre, and 100 centilitres is also equal to one litre.

Conversion of litre to millilitre

As we know that 1 litre is equal to a thousand millilitres.

Let's just convert 35 millilitres into litres.

To convert litres into millilitres, we just simply have to multiply the 35 by 1000.

So,

\begin{equation}

\begin{aligned}

& 35 \text { litres }=35 \times 1000 \mathrm{~mL} \\

& =35,000 \mathrm{~mL}

\end{aligned}

\end{equation}

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Now we know that 35 litres are equal to 35000 millilitres.

About Millilitre

Milli means one thousandth. So one millilitre is equal to 0.001 litres. The symbol of millilitre is ml. As related to its name millilitre is used to measure a small quantity of liquid; basically, a millilitre is also based on a litre.

Conversion of millilitres into litres by using a short trick.

To convert millilitres into litres, you just simply have to divide the given quantity by thousands or just have to move the decimal point to the left.

Now let's convert 3528 millilitres into litres with the help of a short trick.

For the conversion, we just have to divide 3528 by 1000 or simply move the decimal point three places to the left and by doing so we get 3.528.

So 3528 millilitres is equal to 3.528 litres.

Conclusion

Unit conversion is the most important part of the measurement and units can be converted only by using the correct conversion factor of the quantity. Milliliter and litre, measure the volume and volume are also known as capacity which always refers to the three-dimensional space or object.

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