“Measurements involves comparison

with a standard”

Why do I have to measure?

1. Solve measurement problems involving conversion of units,
expression of measurements in scientific notation;

2. Differentiate accuracy from precision.

 Physical quantities can be expressed in terms of a number of
fundamental quantities.

Mass Distance

 A physical quantity will only make sense if compared to a

reference standard.
Check It Out!
Directions: Determine the number of significant figures of the
values given below:

1. 0.0025
2. 12.00030
3. 3.1416
4. 20.23
5. 0.7
A Short Recall…
Rules in Determining the Number of the Significant Figure:

1. All nonzero digits are significant.

2. All zeros between nonzero digits are significant.
3. All zeros before the first nonzero digit are not significant.
4. All zeros to the right of the last nonzero digit are significant.
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Scientific Notation
Scientific notation also called exponential notation is a convenient way of
writing values using the power of ten notation

Used to determine the number of significant digits as well as the

place value of the digit.

Format: C.MMMMMX
Rules in Expressing Standard Notation to Scientific Notation:

1. When the decimal point is moved from right to left,

the result is positive exponent.

2. When the decimal point is moved left to right, the result

is negative exponent.
Rules in Expressing Scientific Notation back to Standard
Notation:
1. Moved the current decimal point according to the
number of places based on the exponent.

Move to the RIGHT

Move to the LEFT

Exercises
1. SI (derived from French Systeme International) units
also known as Metric system

2. English System also known as the Imperial

system, is a system of measurement commonly
used in the United States and some other
countries.
Length:
•1 inch (in) = 2.54 centimeters (cm)
•1 foot (ft) = 12 inches (in) = 30.48 centimeters (cm)
•1 yard (yd) = 3 feet (ft) = 91.44 centimeters (cm)
•1 mile (mi) = 1,760 yards (yd) = 1.609 kilometers (km)

Weight:
•1 ounce (oz) = 28.35 grams (g)
•1 pound (lb) = 16 ounces (oz) = 0.4536 kilograms (kg)
•1 ton (short ton) = 2,000 pounds (lb) = 907.2 kilograms (kg)
 Volume:
•1 fluid ounce (fl oz) = 29.57 milliliters (ml)
•1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz) = 236.59 milliliters (ml)
•1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c) = 473.18 milliliters (ml)
•1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt) = 0.946 liters (L)
•1 gallon (gal) = 4 quarts (qt) = 3.785 liters (L)
Temperature:
•water freezes at 32°F and boils at 212°F.
• °C = (°F - 32) x 5/9.
 Length/Distance:

1 meter (m) = 100 centimeters (cm) 1 meter (m) = 1000 millimeters

(mm) 1 kilometer (km) = 1000 meters (m)
1 nm = 0.000000001

Volume:
1 liter (L) = 1000 milliliters (mL) 1 liter (L) = 1 decimeter cubed (dm^3)
Mass/Weight:

1 kilogram (kg) = 1000 grams (g) 1 gram (g) = 1000 milligrams (mg)

Temperature:
°F = (K-273.15) × 9/5+ 32
°F = (°C × 9/5) + 32
°C = (°F - 32) × 5/9
Measurement Conversion in Nanometers
1 km 1,000,000,000,000 nm
1 hm 100,000,000,000 nm
1 dam/dkm 10,000,000,000 nm
1m 1,000,000,000 nm
1 dm 100,000,000 nm
1 cm 10,000,000 nm
1 mm 1,000,000 nm
1 μm 1,000 nm
1 nm 1 nm
Exercises
Directions: The following are the given measurements.
Convert it as needed.
1. 365 days to min
2. 450 cm to km
3. 72 nm to mm
4. 150 cm to m
5. 350 mm to m
6. 18 g to kg
7. 2100 to l
8. 450 K to ᵒF
9. 27 to ml
10.36 to
Directions: Solve the following measurement problems involving conversion of
units. Write you answer which is in standard notation and apply the
rules in significant figures in expressing it into scientific notation.
Write your answer in a 1 whole yellow pad.

1. The Spirochetes, contain very thin bacteria with some species having cell diameters of
about 0.17 μm. What is its diameter in nanometers?

2. A Chevrolet Camaro travels along the highway at speed of 174 km/hr. What
is the speed of the car (a) meters per second? (b) miles per hour?