What is Volume

Volume is a basic physical
quantity. Volume is a derived quantity and it expresses the three dimensional extent of
an object. Volume is often quantified numerically using the SI derived unit, the cubic
metre. For example, the volume inside a sphere (that is the volume of a ball) is derived to
be V = 4/3πr3, where r is the radius of the sphere. As another example, volume of a cube is
equal to side times side times side. Since each side of a square is the same, it can simply be
the length of one side cubed.
If a square has one side of 3 metres, the volume would be 3 metres times 3 metres times
3 metres, or 27 cubic metres.