Video Transcript
Write in cubic decimeters 5625
cubic centimeters.
We begin by recalling that the
prefix deci- means one-tenth and centi- means one-hundredth. This means that a decimeter is
one-tenth of a meter and a centimeter is one-hundredth of a meter. There are 10 centimeters in one
decimeter. By considering the two identical
cubes, one in decimeters and one in centimeters, we can see that one cubic decimeter
is equal to 1000 cubic centimeters. This means that, in order to
convert from cubic centimeters to cubic decimeters, we need to divide by 1000. The calculation required in this
question is 5625 divided by 1000. When dividing by 1000, we move all
our digits three places to the right. 5625 cubic centimeters in cubic
decimeters is 5.625.
