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MEASUREMENTS
General Physics 1

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MEASUREMENTS
• Systems of Measurement
• Unit Prefixes
• Dimensional Analysis

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 Lesson Objectives
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At the e nd of the le s s on , the s tude nts w i l l

b e a bl e to:
a) di ff e re nti a te the vari ous sys te ms a nd
uni t s of m e a s ure m ent .
b) s olve m ea s ure m en t probl em s
i nvolvi ng conve rs i on of uni t s.

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MEASUREMENT
– is made up of a number and a unit.

example: 10 km

number unit

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Systems of Measurement
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• English System or British System

- comprises units such as inch, mile, ounce, quarts, etc.

• Metric System
- constitutes units based on powers of 10
- kilometer, centigram, megaliter, etc.

103 meters 10-2 gram 106 liters

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Systems of Measurement
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• International System of Physical Quantity Unit Name Symbol

Units (SI) mass kilogram kg

- the official system of length meter m

measurement used time second s

throughout the world. amount of
mole mol
substance
- built upon a set of temperature kelvin K
seven metric units, which
electric current Ampere A
are called base units.
luminous intensity candela cd

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• A unit prefix or metric prefix can be used to make a new

unit larger or smaller than the base unit.

Prefix Symbol Power of 10 Prefix Symbol Power of 10

tera T 1012 deci d 10-1

giga G 109 centi c 10-2
mega M 106 milli m 10-3
kilo k 103 micro µ 10-6
hecto h 102 nano n 10-9
deca da 101 pico p 10-12
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Dimensional
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Analysis
- is a technique of converting between units.

• Unit Equality (conversion factor) – is an equation that

shows the equivalent amounts of different units.
ex: 1 ft = 12 in , 1 hr = 60 min , 1 m = 100 cm

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Analysis
• Common Unit Equivalent Unit
1 in 2.54 cm
Unit Equalities 1 ft 12 in
1 gal 3.788 L
1 cal 4.186 J
1 atm 101 325 Pa
1 mi 5 280 ft
1 slug 14.59 kg
1 N (newton) 0.2248 lb
1 eV (electronvolt) 1.602x10-19 J

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Dimensional
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Analysis
Dimensional Analysis could be:
 Metric to Metric System
 Metric to English System
 English to English System
 English to Metric System

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Analysis
Ex 1: How many miles are there in 10 km?

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Analysis
Ex 2: How many centigrams are there in 6 Tg?

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Ex 3: Convert 28 ft/s to km/hr.

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Ex 4: Convert 1500 to .

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