Outside the US, drinks are measured in milliliters and liters. A spoon holds about 5 ml. A big bottle holds 1 liter.
Liter is 1,000 milliliters. It is written l or L.
Step 1: Let's Learn
Read it, or press Listen and follow the words.
A thousand milliliters
1,000 ml make 1 liter. A can of drink is about 330 ml. Three cans is about a liter.
Reading a jug
The water line shows the amount. Read the mark it reaches. Between marks, say about.
The American words
In the US, drinks come in fluid ounces and gallons. A fluid ounce is about 30 ml. A gallon is almost 4 liters.
Step 2: Try It Yourself
Pour, then read the line.
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200 ml
The level is exactly on the 200 ml mark.
Step 3: In Real Life
The fridge door
A carton of juice says 1 liter. A small glass holds 200 milliliters. Five glasses empty the carton. The numbers on the side did the sharing.
Step 4: Watch an Example
One step at a time.
Watch Aisha Fill the Jug
Aisha pours water into a jug.
- Step 1
The line reaches 500.
Step 5: Your Turn
Practice makes it stick.
The Fridge
Problem 1 of 2
How many milliliters make a liter?
ml
Glasses
Problem 2 of 2
A glass holds 200 ml. How many glasses fill a 1-litre carton?
glasses
Milliliters and Liters
1 of 3
Half a liter. How many milliliters?
2 of 3
A 330 ml can and a 670 ml bottle. Milliliters in all?
3 of 3
Two liters of milk. How many milliliters?
Step 6: Quick Check
Show what you know.
Question 1 of 2
A spoon holds about…
Question 2 of 2
Which is more, a liter or a fluid ounce?
What You Learned
- Small drinks are in milliliters, big ones in liters.
- 1,000 ml make 1 liter.
- Fluid ounces and gallons are the American units.
For the grown-up
A measuring jug and the kitchen tap are the whole lesson. Fill to 200, to 500, to the top, and say the number each time.
Liters, kilograms and meters all use the same thousand: 1,000 ml, 1,000 g, 1,000 m. Point that out once and the metric system stops being three things to learn.