A smaller unit of volume is cubic centimetre (symbol cm3 ) and cubic decimetre (symbol dm3 ).
One cubic centimetre is the volume of a cube of each side 1 centimetre, i.e.,
1 cm3=1 cm×1 cm×1 cm
Relationship between m3 and cm3 is,
1 m3=1 m×1 m×1 m
=100 cm×100 cm×100 cm
=10,00,000 cm3
=106 cm3
Relationship between m3 and dm3 is,
1 m3=1 m×1 m×1 m
=10 dm×10 dm×10 dm
=1000 dm3
=103 dm3