Question

How many litres makes one kilolitre?

Answer 1

Hint: To solve the problem, we would use the information of the fact that the term, “kilo” means thousand. This would help in finding the appropriate conversion from kilolitre to litres.

Complete step-by-step answer: Before, starting first let us know about kilometres and litres in detail. Kilolitres and litres are the units of measurement of the volume (there are many such units of measurement of volume, but for now we will consider only these two). Now, although all these units are used to measure the amount of the liquid, these two differ in the quantity of volume they denote. Generally, for larger volumes, we use kilolitres while for smaller volumes, we use litres. For even larger volumes than kilolitres, we use mega litres and for smaller volumes we use millilitres.
Now coming back to solving the question, we need to understand the meaning of the prefix ‘kilo’. Basically, kilo has origins from Greek terminology which means thousand. Thus, to solve the question in this scenario, we have 1 kilolitre = 1 thousand litres. In short, 1 kilolitre = 1000 litres.
Hence, we require 1000 litres to make 1 kilolitre.

Note: In questions involving basic conversions of units of time from one unit to another, we should know about a few specific conversions. Basically, it means it is important to remember that 1 kilolitre = 1000 litres and 1 litre = 1000 millilitres. This is important since even if one doesn’t know the conversion from 1 kilolitre to millilitres, since we know that 1 kilolitre = 1000 litres and 1 litre = 1000, we simply multiply 1000$\times$1000 to get 1000,000 millilitres. Thus, we can basically convert from any unit to another from knowing the basic conversions formulas.