You use cubic units when you describe volume because a cube is measuring 1 unit on each edge and the edge has a volume of one cubic unit.
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∙ 15y agoDescribing the volume or capacity of spaces or containers.
You could use cubic yards or cubic meters.
cubic units
The answer depends on the scale but commonly used units are cubic centimetres, cubic metres, cubic kilometres.
You would use the cubic meter (m^3) to express the volume of a textbook in SI units.
There is no standard unit of spherical volume. One would use the same units for describing the volume of any body, i.e. cubic-feet, cubic-meters, cubic-whatever. When one measures a space or object's volume these are the units used with the "cubic" coming from measuring the three dimensions an object takes up in space; length, width and depth. All three measurements must be in the same units; 1ft x 1ft x 1ft = 1 cubic-foot. You'll need the following equation for spherical volume: V= 4/3 x pi x r3 where "r" is the radius of the sphere.
If units are in centimeters cubed, you would use a ruler or a measuring tape to measure the length, width, and height of an object in centimeters. You can then multiply these three dimensions together to calculate the volume in cubic centimeters.
The volume of a solid is measured in cubic units
You can use any measurement but only if your adding cubic to it
The SI unit for volume is the cubic meter (m³). Other common units include liters (L) and milliliters (mL).
Liter is a specific unit; the question should be, "metric units for volume". Volume is measured in cubic meters; for larger volumes you might use square kilometers; for smaller volumes, such as those that occur in everyday situations, you would usually use cubic decimeters (= liters), cubic centimeters (= milliliters), or cubic millimeters.
Scientists typically use the liter (L) as the unit for measuring volume. Other common units include milliliters (mL) and cubic meters (m³).