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Converting Units

Changing between units of time

Larger units
' 60 ' 60 ' 24 '7

weeks

milliseconds Seconds Minutes Hours Days

s min h 2 4
ms

# 1000 # 60 # 60 # 24

Smaller units

Other time conversions include:

'7 '2 ' 12

days weeks fortnight months year

#7 #2 # 12

' 52 ' 10 ' 10

weeks years decades centuries

# 52 # 10 # 10

Use the conversion chart to convert these time measurements.

(i) 3 decades into years

' 10 3 decades = 3 # 10 years Choose the correct multiplier

= 30 years Same time in smaller units

years decades

# 10

Be careful with changing multipliers for time conversions needing two or more steps

(ii) 72 000 milliseconds into minutes

' 1000 ' 60

72 000 ' 1000 ' 60 = 72 ' 60 min Work left to right

ms s min = 1.2 min Same time in minutes

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1 Convert these time measurements into the units given in square brackets. TS OF T I

a 40 min 6seconds @ b 2 days 6hours @

c 600 s 6minutes @ d 7000 ms 6seconds @

e 54 hours 6minutes @ f 1200 hours 6days @

g 2 years 6 weeks @ h 12 decades 6centuries @

2 Convert these time measurements into the units given in square brackets.

a 0.12 s 6milliseconds @ b 0.4 h 6minutes @

c 400 ms 6seconds @ d 18 hours 6days @

e 0.03 hours 6minutes @ f 42 sec 6minutes @

g 1.5 fortnights 6 weeks @ h 0.74 years 6months @

3 Change these time measurements into the bracketed units.

a 0.02 hours 6seconds @ b 4.2 min 6milliseconds @

c 2 days 6minutes @ d 240 ms 6minutes @

e 72 000 min 6days @ f 3192 hours 6 weeks @

4 Convert these prefixed time measurements into the units shown in square brackets.

a 3500 ms 6seconds @ b 18 ms 6minutes @

c 4 mins 6milliseconds @ d 900 000 ms 6hours @

e 48 s 6milliseconds @ f ^54 # 104h min 6hours @

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