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  1. brightbulb's Avatar
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    Really simple question, GCSE
    On a past paper is the question 'A swimming pool is in the shape of a cuboid and is 60m long, 10m wide and 1.5m deep. How many litres of water does the pool contain?'

    How do we know how many litres are in a square meter? Am I to just assume it's 1? I have no mark scheme :/

    Sorry if this is a really stupid question...
  2. SecondHand's Avatar
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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    Yes, just multiply all the numbers together.
  3. Existentialistic's Avatar
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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    1 litre = 1000cm3
    Last edited by Existentialistic; 04-06-2012 at 12:02.
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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    A square metre is just a plane - I think you mean a cubic metre
  5. 1q2q3q4q5q's Avatar
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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    1 decimeter^3 (10x10x10) = 1 liter
    so
    1 M^3 = 1000 liters
    Last edited by 1q2q3q4q5q; 04-06-2012 at 12:03.
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    It'd have a volume of 900m^3, converts to 90000cm^3, divide by 1000 (because 1l=1000cm^3) which gives you 90 litres.


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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    (Original post by Hummi_C)
    It'd have a volume of 900m^3, converts to 90000cm^3, divide by 1000 (because 1l=1000cm^3) which gives you 90 litres.


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    ermm.. surely: ?

     900m^3 = 900 \times 100^3 cm^3 = 900000000cm^3
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    Re: Really simple question, GCSE
    (Original post by just george)
    ermm.. surely: ?

     900m^3 = 900 \times 100^3 cm^3 = 900000000cm^3
    Yeah sorry my bad!
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