diluted 5 times ... what does it mean?

Question

1ml HCL is diluted 5 times. does this mean that the final volume is 5ml or 6 ml?

Answer 1

6 ml.
1 ml + the 5 ml to dilute it 5 times....6 ml.

Answer 2

In homeopathic terms 1c dilution is 1 ml diluted to 100 ml
So a 5 times dilution would be
1ml to 1 00 ml then
1 ml of this dilution to 100 ml then
1ml of this dilution to 100 ml then
1 ml of this dilution to 100 ml then finally
1 ml of this dilution to 100 ml

so it is finally 1 ml diluted to 10 000 000 000 ml
That is 1 part in ten billion

Answer 3

it means that the concentration of HCL is 1/5 first concentration

Answer 4

I'd have said 5ml because that will give you a fifth of the concentration.