Hey there! Today we’re going to learn a little bit about measuring liquids, and how to convert from liters to quarts. This is really useful, especially if you’re out in the garden and need to measure water for your plants!
Liters and quarts are both ways to measure how much space a liquid takes up. In gardening, you might use these measurements to figure out how much water your plants need. For example, if a recipe says you need 2.8 liters of water, you might want to know how many quarts that is because you’re more used to thinking in quarts.
Here’s the good news: you can change liters into quarts using a simple math formula. One liter is approximately equal to 1.0567 quarts. So if we want to convert 2.8 liters to quarts, we multiply:
$$
2.8 \text{ liters} \times 1.0567 \text{ quarts/liter} \approx 2.96 \text{ quarts}
$$
That means 2.8 liters is almost 3 quarts!
Now, to help you remember this amount, here are 7 objects that are exactly equal to 2.8 liters:
- 7 bottles of water (each bottle holds 0.4 liters).
- 5 large soda cans (each can holds 0.56 liters).
- 14 small cups (each cup holds 0.2 liters).
- 1 and 1/3 of a standard gallon jug (a gallon jug is about 3.785 liters).
- 2 medium-sized juice boxes (each juice box holds 1.4 liters).
- 28 salad dressing packets (if each packet contains 0.1 liters).
- 1 aquarium (that holds exactly 2.8 liters of water—good for small fish!).
Next time you’re measuring water for your flowers or veggies, remember how to convert liters to quarts, and you’ll be a gardening pro in no time!
