Conversion formula

The conversion factor from deciliters to milliliters is 100, which means that 1 deciliter is equal to 100 milliliters:

1 dL = 100 ml

To convert 500 deciliters into milliliters we have to multiply 500 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from deciliters to milliliters. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 dL → 100 ml

500 dL → V_(ml)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in milliliters:

V_(ml) = 500 dL × 100 ml

V_(ml) = 50000 ml

The final result is:

500 dL → 50000 ml

We conclude that 500 deciliters is equivalent to 50000 milliliters:

500 deciliters = 50000 milliliters

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 milliliter is equal to 2.0E-5 × 500 deciliters.

Another way is saying that 500 deciliters is equal to 1 ÷ 2.0E-5 milliliters.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that five hundred deciliters is approximately fifty thousand milliliters:

500 dL ≅ 50000 ml

An alternative is also that one milliliter is approximately zero times five hundred deciliters.

Conversion table

deciliters to milliliters chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from deciliters to milliliters