Volume
Square metres, cubic metres
 
1 a . Cubic metre.

The base unit of volume is the cubic metre.
The cubic metre is the volume of a cube with edge length one metre.
1 b . Multiples and submultiples of the cubic metre.

You have to bear in mind that area units are cubes and three-dimensional. The conversion of a unit into another one is done by dividing or multiplying both the length, the height and the width, that is dividing and multiplying by ten three times; in other words, dividing and multiplying by 1000.

  unidad it is the volume of a it equals symbol
multiples cubic kilometre cube whose edges measure one kilometre 1000000000 m3 km3
cubic hectometre cube whose edges measure one hectometre 1000000 m3 hm3
cubic decametre cube whose edges measure one decametre 1000 m3 dam3
base unit
 cubic metre cube whose edges measure one metre   m3
submultiples cubic decimetre cube whose edges measure one decimetre 0.001 m3 dm3
cubic centimetre cube whose edges measure one centimetre 0.000001 m3 cm3
cubic millimetre  cube whose edges measure one millimetre 0.000000001 m3 mm3
  Esta unidad interactiva requiere la máquina virtual de Java J2RE.

Here you see the representation of the cubic decimetre and the cubic centimetre.
You can rotate the figures by moving the red dot.
You can move the ruler from its ends, one after the other.
What you are going to measure has to be straight in front of you.

- How many cubic centimetres fit in a cubic decimetre?

- How many cubic millimetres fit in a cubic centimetre?

- How many cubic millimetres fit in a cubic decimetre?
       
           
  Eduardo Barbero Corral
 
Spanish Ministry of Education. Year 2007
 
 

Licencia de Creative Commons
Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under a Creative Common License