5 centiliters in liters
Result
The conversion result is: 5 centiliters is equivalent to 0.05 liters.[1]
Conversion formula
How to convert 5 centiliters to liters?
We know (by definition) that: 1 centiliter ≈ 0.01 liter.
We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of liters.
1 centiliter / 5 centiliter ≈ 0.01 liter / x liter
Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:
x liter ≈ (5 centiliter / 1 centiliter) * 0.01 liter → x liter ≈ 0.05 liter
Conclusion:
5 centiliter ≈ 0.05 liter
Conversion in the opposite direction
The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 20 times 5 centiliters.
It can also be expressed as: 5 centiliters is equal to 1 / 20 liters.
Approximation
An approximate numerical result would be: five centiliters is about zero liters, or alternatively, a liter is about zero times five centiliters.
Footnotes
[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).
Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.