HONORS CHEMISTRY

SUMMER 2014
The units we use represent different kinds of scientific
measurements.
Common measurements (unit types) are:
time, distance, volume, temperature, mass, energy,
pressure, and # of particles
The table below organizes SI base units for each type
of measurement.
Unit Type Base Unit Unit Type Base Unit
mass grams (g) time seconds (s)
volume liters (L)
temperature
kelvins (K)
distance meters (m) pressure
atmospheres
(atm)
# particles moles (mol) energy joules (J)
Prefixes are added to the base unit to communicate the
scale of a measurement.
Kilo-
(K-)
Hecto-
(H-)
Deka-
(da-)
Prefix
(abbr.)
deci-
(d-)
centi-
(c-)
milli-
(m-)
1000x 100x 10x Scale
(1x = base)
0.1x 0.01x 0.001x
Meter(-m)
Liter (-L)
Gram (-g)
Conversion factors can be determined using this table.
Kilo-
(K-)
Hecto-
(H-)
Deka-
(da-)
Prefix
(abbr.)
deci-
(d-)
centi-
(c-)
milli-
(m-)
1000x 100x 10x Scale
(1x = base)
0.1x 0.01x 0.001x
Meter(-m)
Liter (-L)
Gram (-g)
1) Convert 32 hectograms to decigrams.
2) Convert 76 centiliters to dekaliters.