Question 853393
there are 1000 cubic centimeters per litre.
if the container holds 240 cubic centimeters of milk, then it holds .24 liters of milk because 240 / 1000 = .24.

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if you want to know how many milk cartons you will need to get 3 liters of milk, you would divide 3 by .24 and you will get 12.5 cartons of milk.


you would probably round that up to 13 and you would have half a carton left over.