EC110 / PHY145 / TUTORIAL 1 / DEC17-JAN18 / NSZ

TUTORIAL 1
UNITS AND MEASUREMENTS

1. Name two basic quantities.

2. Convert 8.5 in3 to m3. Given 1 in = 2.54 cm.

3. The diameter of the Moon is 3480 km. What is the volume of the Moon?

4. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given,

(i) 50 km/h to m/s,
(ii) 10 cm2 to m2,
(iii) 6 A to μA.

5. Convert 23 ms-1 to kmh-1.

6. The density of a solid object is defined as the ratio of the mass of the object to its
volume. What is the dimension of density?

7. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given.

(i) 6400 km to cm
(ii) 10 cm3 to m3

8. Convert the following derived quantities to the units given,

(i) 18 ms-1 to kms-1
(ii) 20 m3 to cm3

9. A tank is filled with 10 liter volume of water. Express 10 liter in m3.

10. Convert 1 km/h to m/s.

11. Given, the speed of light is 3.0 x 108 ms-1. What would be in miles hr-1?(1 hr = 3600s,
1 miles = 1609 m)

12. Convert 40 g mm-3 to S.I unit kg m-3.

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