Conversion of Units

Basic Physics

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 Objective

Solve measurement problems involving

conversion of units, expression of
measurements in scientific notation.

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 SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

A convenient way of expressing very large or

very small numbers in terms of a number
between 1 and 10 multiplied with powers of 10.

The number expressed is such that there is only

1 non-zero digit before the decimal point.
Only significant digits should be retained when
expressing in scientific notation.
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 Writing Numbers to Scientific Notation

EXAMPLES
1) 290 000 000 000 000
=
2) 0.0000000007005
=7
3) 1.34
=

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 CONVERSION OF UNITS
Units can be converted within one
system or from one system to another.

metric to metric

English to English

metric to English / English to metric

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Units can be converted within one system
METRIC TO METRIC

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 METRIC TO METRIC
EXAMPLE NO. 1
Convert 294 ns to ms
• Write the conversion factors: 1 ns = s; 1 ms = s

( 𝟐𝟗𝟒𝒏𝒔 ) ( ) ( 𝟏𝐦𝐬
)
−𝟗
𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎 𝒔
−𝟑 =
𝟏𝒏𝒔 𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎 𝒔

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 METRIC TO METRIC
EXAMPLE NO. 2
Convert 80.0 kph to m/s
• Write the conversion factors: 1 km = m; 1 hr = 3600 s

( )( ) ( )
𝟑
𝟖𝟎 𝐤𝐦 𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎 𝐦 𝟏 𝐡𝐫
𝟏 𝐡𝐫 𝟏𝐤𝐦 𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐬 = 22

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EXAMPLE NO. 3

Convert 1.3 m/s2 to km/h2

• Write the conversion factors: 1 km = m; 1 hr = 3600 s

( 𝟏.𝟑𝐦
𝟏𝐬
𝟐 )( 𝟏𝐤𝐦
𝟑
𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎 𝐦 ) ( (𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐬 )𝟐
( 𝟏 𝐡𝐫 ) 𝟐 ) =

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PRACTICE NO. 1

Convert 96 Gm to pm.
• Write the conversion factors: 1 Gm = 1x109 m; 1 pm =

( 𝟗𝟔𝐆𝐦 ) ( 𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎𝟗𝐦
𝟏𝐆𝐦 ) ( 𝟏𝐩𝐦
−𝟏𝟐
𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎 𝐦 ) =

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PRACTICE NO. 2

Convert 45 kph to m/s.

• Write the conversion factors: 1 km = 1000 m; 1 hr = 3600 s

( 𝟒𝟓 𝐤 𝐦
𝟏 𝐡𝐫 )( 𝟏 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐦
𝟏𝐤 𝐦 ) ( 𝟏 𝐡𝐫
𝟑𝟔𝟎𝟎 𝐬 ) =

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PRACTICE NO. 3

Convert 1 g/cm3 to kg/m3.

• Write the conversion factors: 1 kg = 1x103 g; 1 cm =

( 𝟏𝐠
𝟏 𝐜𝐦
𝟑 )( 𝟏𝐤 𝐠
𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎𝟑𝐠 ) ( ( 𝟏𝐜𝐦 )𝟑
(𝟏 𝐱 𝟏𝟎−𝟐𝐦 ) 𝟑 ) =

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