Question

Susie made a large pot for her family. The pot Susie used has a capacity of 5 liters. Why could the capacity of the same pot be 5,000 milliliters?

Answer 1

Because:

`1 \: liter = 1000 \: milliliters`

Therefore to change from litres milliliters we multiply with 1000

`5 * 1000 = 5000`