Change into litres.

$5000 \mathrm{ml}=$$\mathrm{\_\_\_\_\_} \mathrm{l}$

1. Measuring Capacity:

(i) Milk, petrol, kerosene, etc., are measured in terms of litres. Liquids in small quantities are measured in millilitres.

(ii) The unit of capacity is the litre.

(iii) In short $1$ litre is written as $1 \mathrm{L}$ and $1$ millilitre as $1 \mathrm{mL}$.

(iv) $1 \mathrm{L}=1000 \mathrm{mL}$

(v) The capacity of the containers that are used for measuring liquids are $1 \mathrm{L}, 500 \mathrm{mL}$ and $250 \mathrm{mL}$.

2. Conversions:

(i) To convert litre to millilitre, multiply the given by $1000$.

(ii) To convert millilitre to litre, divide the given by $1000$. 

3. Operations on Capacity:

(i) The process of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in measures of capacity is the same as that of ordinary addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of numbers respectively.

(ii) The above arithmetic operations can be performed with or without conversions.