Conversion units - Physics MCAT

Some people still have problems converting cm^3 and mm^3 to m^3 for problems such as density and volume.

1) When converting from cm^3 to m^3 move 6 decimal places to the left. For example if the volume of a box is 120 cm^3, then converting it, we will get .000120 m^3 or 1.2 x 10^-4 m^3

2) When converting from mm^3 to m^3 move 9 decimal places to the left. For example, if the volume is 120 mm^3, the conveting it, we will get .000000120 m^3.

**REASONING**

1 m^3 = 1m x 1m x 1m = 100 cm x 100 cm x 100cm = 1000mm x 1000mm x 1000 mm