Question

Logan says, “140 millilitres is more than 1.2 litres”. Is he right?

Answer 1

What are units?

A unit can be used for measurement, and is commonly found in mathematics to describe length, size, etc.

First, because we are dealing with different units here, we need to know how many milliliters are in a litre.

• 1000 milliliter = 1 litre

So, an equation we can use is:

• 1 litre × 1000 = the amount in milliliters

If we look at 1.2 litres, we can now convert it to milliliters.

• 1.2 × 1000 = 1200

Comparing 1200ml to 140ml, we can see that 1200ml is bigger.

Therefore, 1.2 litres are greater.