Unit Conversion Notes:

The Bridge Method:

Example: Convert 3 lbs of cat food into kilograms.
3 lbs
0.45 Kg
1
=1.35 Kg
1 lb
-

Take the value and units that you started with and put it on the first bridge
(3lbs)
Now we need our units to cancel so we need to put lbs on the bottom of the
other bridge. Because if its on the top and bottom, it can cancel.
We want Kilograms, so that unit is placed on top and we need to equivalents
between Kg and lbs. We can find this on our formula sheet.

Example: Convert 24 hours into seconds.

24 hr
60 min
1
60 sec
1 hr
=86,400 sec
1min
Example: Convert 70 miles per hour into feet per second.
70 mi
1 hr
1 hr
1 min
60 min
5280 feet
60 sec
=102.67 ft / sec
1mi