When comparing or combining an area or volume it is important to measure the objects using the same units. Without converting the areas into the same unit, it might be difficult to tell, for example, ...

A gold bar is a cuboid measuring 5 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm. It is melted down and made into cubes with edges of length 2 cm. How many cubes can be made? The volume of the cuboid is: \(5 \times 10 \times 8 ...

There are very few things that are so far reaching across many different disciplines, ranging from biology to engineering, as is the relation of the surface area to the volume of a body. This is not a ...

Archaeologists and mathematicians alike have been puzzled for centuries by the use of spherical jugs in trade in the ancient world, and how merchants measured the volume of the commodities they held.