The volume of a cube is 512 cm3. What would change if the volume of the cube were measured in cubic meters?

A.
The volume of the prism would decrease.

B.
The volume of the prism would increase.

C.
The number of cubic units would increase.

D.
The number of cubic units would decrease.

Question

The volume of a cube is 512 cm3. What would change if the volume of the cube were measured in cubic meters?
 
 A.
The volume of the prism would decrease.
 
 B.
The volume of the prism would increase.
 
 C.
The number of cubic units would increase.
 
 D.
The number of cubic units would decrease.

anonymous · Answer

@mary.rojas  @e.mccormick one of u plz help

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, if I walk across the room, does it matter if I measured how far I walked in inches, feet, meters, etc?

anonymous · Answer

no not necessarily

tkhunny · Answer

I had a little trouble translating this and laughed for quite a while at @e.mccormick 's response.

I think the question wants us to see this:
1) Change to much larger units.
2) The numeric part will have to be much smaller to make the expressions equivalent.

anonymous · Answer

rofl its d

anonymous · Answer

im stupid for not reading it right

e.mccormick · Answer

Well, I was pointing out that A and B were wrong.  Hehe.

anonymous · Answer

lol

anonymous · Answer

well imma close this after i choose medal for some1....