CONVERTING

Conver ting Units

UNITS

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Investigation

• Remen (Ancient Egyptian): 5 palm widths (or 20 finger widths)

• Hand (Ancient Egyptian): 5 finger widths
• Cubit (Ancient Egyptian): 6 palm widths (or 24 finger widths, or forearm length)
• Cabda (Arabic): a palm length
• Pollex (Roman): a thumb breadth (~1 inch)
• Swung sazhen (Russian): distance between tips of arms stretched sideways (~1.76 m)
• Paramaanus (Hindu): normal interval between eye blinks (approx 4 seconds)
• Span (English): tip of thumb to the tip of the little finger
• Kis arasz (Hungarian): distance between tip of extended thumb and index finger
• Fathom (English): 2 yards, 6 feet, 18 hands or 72 inches

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Prefixes

1 a kilo b mega c centi

d micro e milli f giga

2 a Six kilometres b Nine milliseconds c Five gigabytes d Seven megalitres

e One megabyte f Nine kilograms g Two hectometres h Eight decalitres

i Three centimetres j Four milligrams k Six millilitres l Two microseconds

m One millilitre n Four decigrams o Nine millimetres p Two deciseconds

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Prefixes

3
S Y S T É M E
2 μL 4 dg 3 km 2 ML 5 GB 1 ms 4 mg

I N T E R N A T I O N A L E
4 kg 3 mm 5 TB 3 cm 2 mL 4 μg 5 MB 3 nm 2 hL 5 kB 1 μs 2 L 3 Gm 2 kL

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Changing between units of mass

1 a 1 kg b 0.003 g c 2500 g

d 0.150 t e 0.3 mg f 70 000 kg

2 a 0.0001 kg b 0.003 kg c 6 000 000 g

d 0.0875 t e 4000 mg f 40 g

Combo time!

3 4000 g 4 g
A
40 kg 400 kilograms
2
0.400 t 3 4 kg
1
400 g V 6 0.4 kg
S M
0.40 mg 40 mg

4000 t 4 0.04 Mg
E S
0.004 kg 4 ' 107 kg
7
40 000 mg I 5 grams
40 

0.04 g 4 # 109 grams

M A S S I V E
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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Changing between units of length

1 a 200 mm b 900 cm c 6m

d 4000 m e 7 km f 15 cm

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Changing between units of length

2 a 1 cm b 0.5 m c 0.8 cm

d 0.09 km e 4.5 m f 0.06 mm

3 a 8m b 0.042 km c 7 300 000 mm

d 0.09 km e 4.5 m f 87 cm

4 a 0.015 km b 91 mm c 340 mm

d 0.000 431 km e 78 mm f 30 km

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Area, volume and capacity conversions

1 a 2 m2 b 5 000 000 m2 c 30 000 m2

d 850 mm2 e 27 000 cm2 f 5000 ha

g 0.091 cm2 h 0.0042 m2

2 a 20 m2 b 2 500 000 m3

c 455 000 mm3 d 0.000 010 4 m3

3 a 4 ML b 0.5 L c 290 000 μL

d 32 L e 0.0097 kL f 167 000 kL

4 a 7000 cm3 b 375 cm3 c 1.2 L

d 53 L e 0.568 L f 0.234 kL

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Area, volume and capacity conversions

5 a 0.28 kL b 7 490 000 mm2 c 0.000 058 m3

d 0.01 m3 e 750 mL f 0.3 m2

6 a 600 000 mm2 b 0.00 79 ML

c 1 200 000 mg d 0.004 738 ha

7 • 5 # 600 mL = 3000 mL

1 mL = 1 cm3

` 5 full 600 mL drink bottles is equal to 3000 cm3 of water

8 a • 560 L = 560 # 1000 cm3

= 560 000 cm3
` A fridge with a capacity of 560 L has a volume of 560 000 cm3

b • Dimensions of refrigerator =
 80 cm wide, 135 cm high and 50 cm deep
• Volume of refrigerator =
 80 cm # 135 cm # 50 cm
= 540 000 cm3

` A refrigerator has a capacity of 540 000 cm3 = 540 L

`B
 rochure is not accurate as the volume of the refrigerator is smaller than the volume needed
to be able to hold 560 L.

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Area, volume and capacity conversions

10 000 mm3 10 mL
0.0001 km 100 mm3

1L
0.0

0.01 km
00

100 mm2
00

0.01 ha
0.0

1k
00

1c

1 mL
L
m
00

0.000 01 ML 0.0001 L
#1
00

cm
01
ML

0.000 001 dm2

0.000 01 km 1 ' 1000 L

100 000 μm
1000 mm3

0.000 01 ha 1000 mm3

1000μL
0.00

0.1 m
01 m

10 # 10 mm2
2

0.01

1000 mm
0.0001 mm2
m

0.001 L
0.000 001 m3

10 # 100 mm3
10 000 m2
10 000 cm3

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Changing between units of time

1 a 2400 s b 48 hours c 10 m

d 7s e 3240 min f 50 days

g 104 weeks h 1.2 centuries

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Changing between units of time

2 a 120 ms b 24 min c 0.4 s

d 0.75 days e 1.8 min f 0.7 min

g 3 weeks h 8.88 months

3 a 72 s b 252 000 ms c 2880 min

d 0.004 min e 50 days f 19 weeks

4 a 3.5 s b 0.0003 min c 240 000 ms

d 0.25 hours e 48 ms f 9000 hours

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Mixed units problems

1 One million, one hundred and twelve thousand, and five hundred metres

= 1 112 500 m

1 112 500 m ' 1000 m = 1112.5 km

` the two points are 1112.5 kilometres apart from each other

2 • 3 kg + 2 kg + 2.5 kg = 7.5 kg
• 3000 g + 2000 g + 2500 g = 7500 g
• 0.003T + 0.002 T + 0.0025 T = 0.0075 T
• 3 000 000 mg + 2 000 + 2 500 000 mg = 7 500 000 mg

3 • 45 minutes = 45 ' 60 hours = 0.75 hours............................................ 0.75 hours

• 3600 seconds = 3600 ' 60 minutes ' 60 hours = 1 hour............ 1 hour
• 1 # 24 hours = 3 hours................................................................................... 3 hours
8

Total dive time = 4.75 hours

` the diver needs to dive a further 5 - 4.75 = 0.25 hours

= 15 minutes

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Mixed units problems

4 • The Hakim family = 2500 L............................................................................ 2500 L

• The Okeke family = 0.0026 ML # 1 000 000 = 2600 L..................... 2600 L
• The Evans family = 2 550 000 cm3 ' 1000 cm3 = 2550 L.............. 2550 L
• The Akhtar family = 2 300 000 mL ' 1000 L = 2300 L.................... 2300 L

` The Okeke family were the overall winners, recycling 2600 L

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Mixed units problems

5 • 1 000 000 trees = (1 000 000 ' 10) kg =

 100 000 ' 1000 T
= 1000 T
= 1000 ' 1000 kT...................... 1 kT

• 200 hectares pine forest = (200 ' 10) # 100 T

= 2000 T
= 2000 ' 1000 kT................................................... 2 kT

• 200 hectares pine forest = (1000 ' 10) # 1000 T

= 100 # 1000 T
= 100 000 ' 1000 kT............................................. 100 kT

` The total kilo tonnes of greenhouse gases absorbed = (1 + 2 + 100) kT

= 103 kT

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Conversion applications: Resistor values

1 Use the resistor chart to write the value of these resistors.

a b

1 0 # 10 9 8 # 1

Resistor value = 100 Ohms Resistor value = 98 Ohms

c d

7 5 # 1000 4 3 # 10 000

Resistor value = 7500 Ohms Resistor value = 460 000 Ohms

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Conversion applications: Resistor values

2 a [kilo-ohms] b [mega-ohms]

6 7 # 1000 4 0 # 1 000 000

Resistor value = 67 000 Ω Resistor value = 40 000 000 Ω

= 67 kΩ = 40 MΩ

c [mega-ohms] d [kilo-ohms]

8 3 # 100 000 1 9 # 10 000

Resistor value = 8 300 000 Ω Resistor value = 190 000 Ω

= 8.3 MΩ = 190 kΩ

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