Introduction

The metric system is a way of expressing measurements that uses base units and prefixes. One of the most commonly used prefixes is ‘litre’. The litre is the standard unit for measuring volume and has been widely adopted by countries around the world, including Australia and New Zealand.

1 litre is 1000 cm3

You might have heard that 1 litre of water weighs 1 kilogram. That’s because 1 litre is equivalent to 1000 cm3 (or cubic centimetres) and a kilogram is equal to 1000 grams.

A millilitre is another unit of volume that’s used in chemistry, but it’s not as common as cm3 or ml (millilitres). To convert between litres and millilitres you need to know how many litres there are in a millilitre: 1cm3 = 0.001L (1cm=0.01mm)

1 litre is equivalent to:

1,000 cm3 (cubic centimetres)

1 millilitre per cubic centimetre (ml/cm3).

1 0.001 m3

1 litre is equivalent to:

1 0.001 m3 (1e-5 m3)

1 0.01 m3 (1e-4 m3)

1 0.1 m3 (1e-3 m3)

1 0.01 m3

1 0.01 m3

1 liter = 1 decimetre cubed (dm3)

1 litre = 100 centimetres cubed (cm3)

1 0.1 m3

1 0.1 m3 = 1000 cm3

1 0.1 m3 = 0.001 m3

1 0.1 m3 = 1 L (litre)

So, if you want to convert 1 L into millilitres, just multiply it by 1000!

10 cm3 = 1 ml

1 millilitre is equal to 1,000th of a litre.

1ml = 0.001L

1ml = 0.001m^3

One litre of water is equal to 1,000cm3 and this can be written as one millilitre per cubic centimetre or one milliliter per millimetre cubed.

One litre of water is equal to 1,000cm3 and this can be written as one millilitre per cubic centimetre or one milliliter per millimetre cubed.

1 litre = 1000 cm3

or

1 0.001 m3 (one tenth of a cubic metre)

or

1 0.01 m3 (one hundredth of a cubic metre)

We hope that you have found this post useful and informative. We know that it can be difficult to understand what a litre is, especially when there are so many different units of measurement around us. However, if you have taken our advice and tried some of the exercises we suggested above then hopefully they will help with your understanding of volume!