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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl, Susan A. Zumdahl, Donald J. DeCoste
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Leaming Goal:
meanings and see that mili means 103. Therefore,
To convert between metric units expressing length, area, and volume.
1 m %3D
1000 mm
The ability to convert from one system of units to another is important in
chemistry. It is often impractical to measure quantities in the standard
meters, kilograms, and seconds, but the laws of science that you learn will
involve constants that are defined in these units. Therefore, you may often
have to convert your measured quantities into different metric units.
The following table lists metric prefixes that come up frequently in
chemistry. Learning these prefixes will help you in the various exercises.
Once you know this, you need to divide one side by the other to obtain a ratio of m to mm:
1 m
1
1000 mm
If you are converting from millimeters to meters, then this is the proper ratio. It has mm in the denominator, so that it will cancel the units of the quantity that you are converting. For
instance, if you were converting 63 mm, then you would have
63 em
1m
1000 un
mega- (M)
x10°
0.063 m
kilo- (k)
х10
To convert a quantity from meters to millimeters, use the reciprocal ratio:
centi- (c)
x10-2
1- 1000 mm
1 m
milli- (m)
x10-3
micro- (4)
x 10-6
пano-(n)
x 109
• Part A
Suppose that you measure a pen to be 10.5 cm long. Convert this to meters.
Express your answer in meters.
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10.5 cm =
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Transcribed Image Text:Leaming Goal: meanings and see that mili means 103. Therefore, To convert between metric units expressing length, area, and volume. 1 m %3D 1000 mm The ability to convert from one system of units to another is important in chemistry. It is often impractical to measure quantities in the standard meters, kilograms, and seconds, but the laws of science that you learn will involve constants that are defined in these units. Therefore, you may often have to convert your measured quantities into different metric units. The following table lists metric prefixes that come up frequently in chemistry. Learning these prefixes will help you in the various exercises. Once you know this, you need to divide one side by the other to obtain a ratio of m to mm: 1 m 1 1000 mm If you are converting from millimeters to meters, then this is the proper ratio. It has mm in the denominator, so that it will cancel the units of the quantity that you are converting. For instance, if you were converting 63 mm, then you would have 63 em 1m 1000 un mega- (M) x10° 0.063 m kilo- (k) х10 To convert a quantity from meters to millimeters, use the reciprocal ratio: centi- (c) x10-2 1- 1000 mm 1 m milli- (m) x10-3 micro- (4) x 10-6 пano-(n) x 109 • Part A Suppose that you measure a pen to be 10.5 cm long. Convert this to meters. Express your answer in meters. > View Available Hint(s) Templates Symbols undo redo feset keyboard shortcuts Help 10.5 cm =
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