Unit of Volume

The space occupied by a solid is called its Volume. 

Standard Unit of Volume:

The standard unit of volume is 1 cubic centimeter, written as 1 cu cm or 1 cm3$c{m}^3$. The smaller unit of volume is 1 cubic millimeter, written as 1 cu. mm or 1 mm3$m{m}^3$. The larger unit of volume is 1 cubic meter, written as 1 cu. m or m3$m^3$. The basic unit of capacity in metric system is liter.

Convert one milliliter to metric units.

S.No	Metric	Numerical Value
1	Cubic meter	1 x 106${}^{}$106
2	Cubic decimeter	0.001
3	Cubic centimeter	1
4	Cubic milliliter	1000
5	Hectoliter	1 x 105${}^{}$105
6	Decaliter	0.0001
7	Liter	0.001
8	Deciliter	0.01
9	Centiliter	0.1
10	Microliter	1000

To make Volume easy to remember, this method will help : 

Exercise:

a) 3m³ = ? cm³

b) 6 cm³ (mm³)

Solution

a) Need to x 100³                                                 b) 32 x 10 x 10 x 10 

    3 x 100 x 100 x 100                                            = 32,000 mm³

   = 3,000,000 cm³