{"id":209664,"date":"2025-04-29T09:34:04","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=209664"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:34:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:34:06","slug":"what-is-the-volume-of-a-cube-that-measures-4-00-cm-on-each-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/29\/what-is-the-volume-of-a-cube-that-measures-4-00-cm-on-each-side\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the volume of a cube that measures 4.00 cm on each side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What is the volume of a cube that measures 4.00 cm on each side?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A) 16.0 mL<br>B) 64.0 L<br>C) 64.0 mL<br>D) 64.00 mL<br>E) 0.640 L<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the volume of a cube, we use the formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Volume} = \\text{side}^3<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Side length = <strong>4.00 cm<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{Volume} = (4.00\\ \\text{cm})^3 = 4.00 \\times 4.00 \\times 4.00 = 64.00\\ \\text{cm}^3<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Convert cm\u00b3 to mL<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By definition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1 cubic centimeter (cm\u00b3) = 1 milliliter (mL)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So:<br>[<br>64.00\\ \\text{cm}^3 = 64.00\\ \\text{mL}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Analyze the choices:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A) 16.0 mL<\/strong> \u2014 Incorrect; this would be the volume of a cube with a smaller side.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>B) 64.0 L<\/strong> \u2014 Incorrect; 64.0 L = 64,000 mL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>C) 64.0 mL<\/strong> \u2014 Technically correct in value, but not in significant figures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>D) 64.00 mL<\/strong> \u2014 \u2705 <strong>Correct<\/strong>: The answer matches both the correct value <strong>and<\/strong> the appropriate number of significant figures (3), as given in the side length (4.00 cm has 3 significant figures).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>E) 0.640 L<\/strong> \u2014 Incorrect; this equals 640 mL, not 64 mL.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In science, units and significant figures are critical for precision. The side of the cube is given as 4.00 cm, which implies three significant figures. When performing calculations with such measurements, the final answer must reflect the same precision. That\u2019s why the correct answer must be written as <strong>64.00 mL<\/strong>, not 64.0 or 64.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, recognizing the conversion between cubic centimeters and milliliters is key. Since 1 cm\u00b3 = 1 mL, there&#8217;s no need to do a complex conversion\u2014just match the number and convert the unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u2705 <strong>Correct Answer: D) 64.00 mL<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the volume of a cube that measures 4.00 cm on each side? A) 16.0 mLB) 64.0 LC) 64.0 mLD) 64.00 mLE) 0.640 L The correct answer and explanation is : To find the volume of a cube, we use the formula: [\\text{Volume} = \\text{side}^3] Given: [\\text{Volume} = (4.00\\ \\text{cm})^3 = 4.00 \\times 4.00 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}