1 milliliter equals to 1/1000 part of a liter, which is 0.001 liter.
1 milliliter = 1 * 0.001 liter
So if you have 5500 milliliters that means it equals to 5500 times one milliliters and 1 milliliter = 1 * 0.001 liter, so for 5500 milliliters it is 5500 times as much
5500 * 0.001
5500 * 1/1000
5500 / 1000
5.5 liters
As long as you know this number 0.001 , then it is easily to calculate between liters and milliliters.
EXTRA:
To convert from amount A which is given in a certain quantity, to another quantity, you sometimes have to multiply and in other cases you need to divide by a certain factor. The factor defines the relationship between the quantities.
Suppose you have 1000 times 1 milliliter then you can find the amount in liters by multiplying that number of milliliters times 0.001.
It is easy to see that
1000 * 1/1000
1000 / 1000
= 1 liter, but that is easy, because I choose an easy number for the amount of milliliters to convert into liters. But it works exactly the same for any amount!
