Question

A house is 46.0 ft long and 50 ft wide, and has 8.0-ft-high ceilings. what is the volume of the interior of the house in cubic meters and cubic centimeters

Answer 1

Volume of house = 46*50*8=18400 ft^3
Each foot equals 0.3048 m. (exactly).
Therefore 1 ft^3 = 0.3048^3 m^3
Therefore volume of the interior of the house 
= 18400 ft^3 * .3048^3 m^3/ft^3
=18400*.3048^3 m^3
=521.0299772928 m^3
=521 m^3 (nearest m^3) ................(a)
or, in cubic centimeters
=521 m^3 * (100cm/m)^3
=521.0299772928 * 100^3 cm^3
=521029977.2928 cm^3
=521029977 cm^3  (nearest cm^3) .........(b)

Answer: see (a) and (b).