area and volume units
What area and volume units means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Length is a single step, but area squares that factor and volume cubes it, so 1 m² = 10 000 cm² and 1 m³ = 1 000 000 cm³.
Units whose conversion factors are the length factor squared and cubed, so 1 m² = 10000 cm² and 1 m³ = 1000000 cm³.
Topics that use area and volume units
- Geometry and measures - Mensuration and calculation (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
- Ratio, proportion and rates of change (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chord
- Acceleration
- Applications of ratio in context
- Arc
- arc length
- area of a segment
- Asymptote
- average rate of change
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