Video Transcript
Express 8.92 cubic meters in cubic
centimeters.
We begin by recalling that when
measuring length, 100 centimeters is equal to one meter. As area is measured in square
units, we need to square both of these values to find the conversion between square
centimeters and square meters. 100 multiplied by 100 is equal to
10,000. Therefore, there are 10,000 square
centimeters in one square meter. We can repeat this process when
dealing with volume. And we know that volume is measured
in cubic units. 100 cubed is equal to one
million. Therefore, there are one million
cubic centimeters in one cubic meter.
In this question, we need to
convert 8.92 cubic meters into cubic centimeters. We can do this by multiplying 8.92
by one million. When multiplying by a million, we
move all the digits six places to the left.
A quick way of checking this would
be to look at our first digit. The eight in the ones column is
being multiplied by one million. This would give us eight
million. Therefore, in our answer, the eight
needs to be in the millions column. There are 8,920,000 cubic
centimeters in 8.92 cubic meters.
