500 centiliters in liters

Conversion formula
How to convert 500 centiliters to liters?

We know (by definition) that: $1\mathrm{centiliter}\approx 0.01\mathrm{liter}$

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

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

Conclusion: 500 ⁢ centiliter ≈ 5.0 ⁢ liter

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 liter is equal to 0.2 times 500 centiliters.

It can also be expressed as: 500 centiliters is equal to $\frac{1}{\mathrm{0.2}}$ liters.

Approximation

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