This document contains 10 practice problems involving converting between different units of measurement in the metric system and scientific notation. The problems cover converting between units like centimeters and meters, grams and kilograms, seconds and milliseconds. They also involve density, area, volume, and gravitational constants.
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Tutorial 1 Unit Dimensions
This document contains 10 practice problems involving converting between different units of measurement in the metric system and scientific notation. The problems cover converting between units like centimeters and meters, grams and kilograms, seconds and milliseconds. They also involve density, area, volume, and gravitational constants.
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Tutorial 1
1. Write the following number in scientific notation.
a. 400000000 b. 0.00000000563 c. 10000000006 d. 0.004 2. The sides of a rectangular are 5 inches and 10 inches respectively. Find the area of such in m2. ( 1 inch=2.54 cm) [0.0324 m2] 3. Express the following quantities in term of SI units. a. 3.5 cm s-1 b. 2.56 g cm-3 [0.035 ms-1, 2560 kgm-3] 4. The radius of the moon is 1.74 x 10 3 km n and its mass is 7.35 x 10 22 kg. What is the density of the moon in g.cm-3? [3.33 g.cm-3] 5. Convert 1 kg/m3 to lb/ft3. (where 1 lb= 0.452 kg and 1 ft= 0.328m) [0.078 lb/ft3] 6. The gravitational constant, G is given as 6.67 x 10-11 m3 kg-1s-2. Determine its value in cm3 g-1 s-2. [6.67 x 10-8 cm3g-1s-2] 7. Convert the density value, 665 gram per liter into kilogram per cubic meter. Given 1 m3 = 1000 liter. [665 kgm-3] 8. Determine the values of the following quantities in SI unit: a. 2.5 cm s-1 b. 1.26 g cm-3 [0.025 ms-1, 1260 kgm-3] 9. Convert the following values into basic SI unit. a. 1.1 cm3 b. 76.2 pm2 c. 0.23 Mg [1.1 x 10-6 m3, 7.62 x 10-23 m2, 230 kg]
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Tutorial 1 10. Restate the following readings in cm. a. 2 dm b. 10 nm c. 1 mm3 [20 cm, 1 x 10-6 cm, 1 x 10-3 cm3]