500 milliliters in liters

Result

The conversion result is: 500 milliliters is equivalent to 0.5 liters.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 milliliters to liters?

We know (by definition) that: 1 ml ≈ 0.001 liter.

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of liters.

1 ml / 500 ml ≈ 0.001 liter / x liter

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown x:

x liter ≈ (500 ml / 1 ml) * 0.001 liter → x liter ≈ 0.5 liter

Conclusion:

500 ml ≈ 0.5 liter

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 2 times 500 milliliters.

It can also be expressed as: 500 milliliters is equal to 1 / 2 liters.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five hundred milliliters is about zero liters, or alternatively, a liter is about zero times five hundred milliliters.