Main content
Course: Basic geometry and measurement > Unit 5
Lesson 3: Converting units of volumeMetric units of volume review (L and mL)
Review the size of liters and milliliters and how to convert between the two. Then, try some practice problems.
Metric units of volume
Volume measures capacity. For example, the volume of a bowl is the amount of space inside the bowl or how much water, for example it would take to fill the bowl.
In the metric system of measurement, the most common units of volume are milliliters and liters.
How big is a milliliter?
A single raindrop contains about milliliter of liquid:
How big is a liter?
This bottle contains about liter of liquid:
Want to learn more about metric units of volume? Check out this video.
Want to try more problems like this? Check out this exercise,
Converting liters to milliliters
To convert to we multiply the number of by .
Example:
Converting milliliters to liters
To convert to we divide the number of by .
Example:
Want to try more problems like this? Check out these exercises:
Convert larger units to smaller units
Converting between units
Convert larger units to smaller units
Converting between units
Want to join the conversation?
- how many liters are there in 10.000(13 votes)
- 10,000mL = 10L
10ml = 0.01mL(30 votes)
- United States customary units form a system of measurement units commonly used in the United States and U.S. territories since being standardized and adopted in 1832. The United States customary system developed from English units which were in use in the British Empire before the U.S. became an independent country.(24 votes)
- why is ml is smaller then l(1 vote)
- In the metric system, the prefix m stands for “milli”, which means “1/1,000 of”. So 1 ml (milliliter) is only 1/1,000 of 1 l (liter). Therefore, 1 ml is smaller than 1 l.(31 votes)
- This is kind of a weird question ok. If numbers can go infinite, like for example, 10,100,1000... and so on forever. And we can name them like, ten, hundreds, thousands like that. Then if it kept going. How are we going to name them infinitely?(14 votes)
- We don't, it's impossible because the numbers go on INFINITELY(1 vote)
- Pounds to Kilograms: 1 kg = 2.2 lb.
Gallons to Liters: 1 gal = 3.785 L.
Feet to Meters: 1 foot = 0.305 m.
Miles to Kilometers: 1 mi = 1.61 km.
Cups to Milliliters: 1 c = 240 mL.
Inches to Centimeters: 1 in = 2.54 cm.
Ounces to Grams: 1 oz = 28.3 g.(11 votes) - So why is mL writen with a uppercase L?
Sorry if I it says it and I looked over it. :P(5 votes)- It has an uppercase L because Liter is spelt with an uppercase L when abbriviated and milliliter has liter in it. Therefore, it is mL.(7 votes)
- Length: Millimeter (mm), Decimeter (dm), Centimeter (cm), Meter (m), and Kilometer (km) are used to measure how long or wide or tall an object is. Examples include measuring the thickness or length of debit card, length of cloth, or distance between two cities.(8 votes)
- What is equal to 35 but ends with a three?(5 votes)
- is infinity a number? And if it is, has anyone ever counted that high? If not, then how did infinity get invented?(4 votes)
- Infinity is the idea of numbers going on forever(0 votes)
- Hi hi hello everyone I hope you are having a really good day !(3 votes)