10 cm by ...

    10cm.

    That's 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm or 1000 cm³.

    Or, 1 dm x 1 dm x 1 dm or 1 dm³ --

    1000 cm³ is 1 dm³

    One thousand centimeter cubes is the same volume as one decimeter cube.

    You might not have know decimeter cubed measures volume. Most people think volume or capacity is measured ...

    by the liter ...

    and they are right.

    The liter, L or l, measures exactly the same as a decimeter cubed. Why everyone knows about their famous relations.

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