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Metrics Review
Part I: Which unit to use?
Complete the following by indicating which unit you should use for each problem.
Choose from the following: centimeter, millimeter, meter, kilometer, g/cm3, g/mL, cm3,
m3, liter, milliliter, cm2, m2, K, C, second, gram, kilogram, microgram, Newton.
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2 x 104 20,000
3.14 x 108
314,000,000
9.999 x 10-5 0.00009999
1.1516 x 102 115.16
1.4 x 101
14
7.543 x 100 7.543
8 cm
4 cm
10 cm
= 3.2 x 10-7 m3
3. Label the prefixes below from 1 to 10, largest to smallest. [1 as the largest10 as
the smallest.]
Centi- 7
Hecto- 5
Milli- 8
Atto- 10
Kilo- 4
Giga- 2
Mega- 3
Nano- 9
Deka- 6
Tera- 1
4. Convert the following measurements to the new, desired unit. Use your table
a. 800g = 80,000 cg
b. 0.25L = 250 mL
c. 33.5 cm = 0.335 m
Scientific Notation
Lets start with the basics: science often uses veeeeerrrrrry large and veeeeerrrrry small
numbers.
If you are a scientist, do you really want to write 602300000000000000000000 (the
number of atoms in 1 gram of an element) a bunch of times? No, of course not. So we
use scientific notation to make life easier.
Its really very simple: just moving decimals and counting by 10.
Examples:
1.
For a large number (like the one above), just move the decimal to the left until
you come to the last number. Count the number of places and make that the superscript
of your 10 (the power of ten). This is because every time I move a decimal point one
place to the left, I would have to multiply by 10 to get it back.
60230000000000000
0000
= 6.023 x 1023
2.
For a small number, reverse the process: move the decimal to the right
until you get to the first whole number and use a negative superscript.
0.000526 = 5.26 x
-4
10