Beaker — 500 mL — free printable diagram

How much is 500 mL?

This beaker is filled to the 500 mL mark, which is 0.5 litres.

Volume

500 mL

In litres

0.5 L

In cubic centimetres

500 cm³

Fraction of a litre

1/2

• There are 1,000 millilitres in a litre, so converting means dividing by 1,000: 500 ÷ 1000 = 0.5, which is 0.5 L.
• A millilitre and a cubic centimetre are the same volume, so 500 mL is also 500 cm³ — the reason a 1,000 cm³ cube holds exactly one litre.
• As a fraction of a full litre that is 1/2.
• Read a beaker at eye level and take the measurement from the bottom of the curved surface of the liquid, the meniscus — reading from above makes the volume look larger than it is.