Base quantity Unit Unit symbol

Length meter m
Mass kilogram kg
Time seconds s
Electrical current ampere A
Temperature kelvin K
Amount of substance mole mol
Luminous intensity candela Cd
Prefixes used with SI units.
 N x 10n exponent
coefficient

Example
4,900,000,000 = 4.9 × 109
0.0055 is written 5.5 × 10-3
 SIGNIFICANT FIGURES

4.25 3 SF
250 2 SF
2005 4 SF
12.0 3 SF
0.0005 1 SF
3.00 3 SF
0.00104 3 SF
 𝟕𝟑. 𝟓 𝒎𝑳
Example: Suppose you want the
+ 𝟑𝟐. 𝟐𝟖 𝒎𝑳
total volume after adding water
to a solution: you have 73.5 mL
𝟏𝟎𝟓. 𝟕𝟖 𝒎𝑳
of solution in a graduated
cylinder and 32.28 of water in a Round up..
buret. 𝟏𝟎𝟓. 𝟖 𝒎𝑳
 𝟕. 𝟒 𝒄𝒎
Example: Suppose you want to find
the volume of a sheet of a new 𝟒. 𝟓 𝒄𝒎
graphite composite, the length is x 𝟎. 𝟏𝟐𝟓𝟓 𝒄𝒎
7.4 cm and width is 4. 5 cm and a 𝟒. 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟏𝟓 𝒄𝒎𝟑
thickness of 0.1255 cm Round up..
𝟒. 𝟐 𝒄𝒎𝟑
 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕 𝒙 = 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕
𝑮𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕
EXAMPLE 1: Convert 500.0 mg to lbs

𝟏𝒈 𝟏 𝒍𝒃
𝟓𝟎𝟎. 𝟎𝒎𝒈 × × = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟎𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 𝒍𝒃𝒔
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝒈 𝟒𝟓𝟑. 𝟔 𝒈

EXAMPLE 2: Convert 74 oz to kg

𝟐𝟖.𝟑 𝒈 𝟏 𝒌𝒈
74 𝒐𝒛 × × = 2.098 ≈ 2.1 kg
𝟏 𝒐𝒛 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒈
 EXAMPLE 1: Convert 11,230 cm to ft

𝟏𝒎 𝟑. 𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟖 𝒇𝒕
𝟏𝟏, 𝟐𝟑𝟎 𝒄𝒎 × × = 𝟑𝟔𝟖. 𝟒𝟑𝟑 𝒇𝒕 ≈ 𝟑𝟔𝟖. 𝟒 𝒇𝒕
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎 𝟏𝒎

EXAMPLE 2: Convert 0.905 km to in

𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎 𝟏 𝒊𝒏
𝟎. 𝟗𝟎𝟓 𝒌𝒎 × × × = 35,629.92 ≈ 𝟑𝟓, 𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒊𝒏
𝟏 𝒌𝒎 𝟏𝒎 𝟐. 𝟓𝟒 𝒄𝒎
EXAMPLE 1: Convert 333.45 𝒄𝒎𝟑 to 𝒇𝒕𝟑

𝟏𝒎 𝟑 𝟑.𝟐𝟖𝟎𝟖 𝒇𝒕 𝟑
𝟑𝟑𝟑. 𝟒𝟓 𝒄𝒎 𝟑
𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎
× 𝟏𝒎
= 0.0117752≈ 𝟎. 𝟎𝟏𝟏𝟕𝟕𝟓 𝒇𝒕𝟑

EXAMPLE 2: Convert 27.85 L to 𝒄𝒎𝟑

𝟑 𝟑
𝟏𝒎 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝒄𝒎
𝟐𝟕. 𝟖𝟓 𝑳 × × = 27,850 𝒄𝒎𝟑
𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝑳 𝟏𝒎
 𝒌𝒎 𝒎
EXAMPLE 1: Convert 𝟓𝟓 to
𝒉𝒓 𝒔

𝒌𝒎 𝟏𝒉 𝟏, 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎 𝒎
𝟓𝟓 × × = 15.277 ≈ 15
𝒉𝒓 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝒔 𝟏 𝒌𝒎 𝒔

EXAMPLE 2:
𝒈 𝒌𝒈
Convert 146 to
𝒎𝑳 𝒎𝟑

𝒈 𝟏 𝒌𝒈 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒎𝑳 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝑳 𝒌𝒈
𝟏𝟒𝟔 𝒙 𝒙 𝒙 = 146,000
𝒎𝑳 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝒈 𝟏𝑳 𝟏 𝒎𝟑 𝒎𝟑
DENSITY

1. A piece of galena has a volume of 4.6 cm3 . If the density of galena is 7.5 g/ cm3 ,
what is the mass (in kg) of that piece of galena?

2. A small cube of aluminum measures 15.6 mm on a side and weighs 10.25 g.

What is the density of aluminum in g/ cm3 ?
Evaluation: Express the following in Scientific
Notation

1) 0.0000002
2) 2,680,000,000,000

Identify the number of significant digits

3) 100400
4) 0.00060100
1. The area of a telescope lens is 7903 mm2 (a) what is the area in ft2 (b) if it
takes a technician 45 seconds to polish 135 mm2,how long does it take her to
polish the entire lens?

2. The average density of Earth is 5.52 g/cm3 . What is its density in (a) kg/ m3
(b) lb/ ft3

3. The volume of a certain bacterial cell is 2.56 cm3 (a) what is its volume in mm3
and (b) in Liters?