Units and Conversions International System of Units SI

Units and Conversions International System of Units (SI) -based on seven base units: Base Unit Length Mass Time Temperature Amount of substance Electric current Luminous intensity Name meter kilogram second Kelvin mole ampere candela Symbol m kg sec K mol A cd

Units and Conversions Additional Units Volume Unit liters cubic centimeters milliliter Symbol L cm 3 m. L Pressure Unit kilo. Pascal Torr / millimeters of mercury atmosphere Symbol k. Pa Torr / mm Hg atm Other Mass Units gram milligram Symbol g mg Other Temperature Units Fahrenheit Celsius Symbol °F °C

Units and Conversions Kilo (k) = 1000 Cent (c) =. 01 Milli (m) =. 001 Millenium 1000 years in 1 millenium 1 cent 100 cents in a dollar kilogram 1000 grams

Units and Conversions Micro (µ) = 0. 000001 Nano (n) = 0. 00001

Units and Conversions To solve problems: “base units” “small units” “big units” kilo, hecto, deca grams, liters deci, cent, milli meters big to small move decimal point to right small to big move decimal point to left OR Use conversions… see examples

Units Conversions 1. 42 cm = ? m 2. 16 m. L = ? L 3. 2 km = ? m 4. 7. 25 m to cm 5. 98. 26 mg to g 6. 0. 082 cm to m 7. 21. 76 m. L to L 8. 43. 7 m. L to L 9. 2. 0155 L to m. L 10. 6. 44 g to mg 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 2. 087 g to kg 26. 5 L to m. L 2. 05 m to cm 4. 56 cm to m 75. 96 m to mm 0. 0026 m to mm 0. 0012 km to m 0. 00493 m. L to L 0. 450 L to m. L 16. 3 mg to g