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Write 5.74 litres in millilitres.
One of our standard metric conversions is that 1000 millilitres is equal to one litre. In this question, we want to convert from litres into millilitres. In order to do this, we need to multiply our value in litres by 1000.
5.74 multiplied by 1000 is 5740. All of the digits move three places to the left. A quick way of checking this is by multiplying five by 1000. As this gives us 5000, we know that the five will be in the thousands column.
5.74 litres written in millilitres is 5740.
