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Measurements

Units

• Unit- what we measure something in• Example

– 32 feet– 85 seconds– 0.004 lbs– 98.6˚F– 0.6 m

Units

Check yourself

• Which of the following are units?

feet

temperature

meters

length

milestime

hours

kilograms

dollars

SI Units

• What scientists (and almost everybody else) uses

Our Units (what we use)

SI Units (what everyone else uses)

Length Feet (ft) Meters (m)

Time Seconds (s) Seconds (s)

Weight (how much gravity pulls us down)

Pounds (lbs) Newtons (N)

Mass (how much stuff there is in an object)

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Kilograms (kg)

Measuring length

• Meter stick• Larger than a meter stick

– 1000 meter sticks= 1 km

• Smaller than a meter stick– 1 meter= 100 cm– Even smaller

• 1 meter= 1000 mm

• Joe owns his own company

• He needs 1200 gold pieces just this length for his new invention

He does a quick measurement and writes down the length as 3.5 cm.

His: 3.5 cm Real: 3.42 cm Difference of 0.08 cm

Oops!

• His quick measurement: 3.5 cm• Real: 3.42 cm• Difference of 0.08 cm• If he orders 1200 pieces, each 3.5 cm….• 96 extra cm• 5 dollars an inch? = $188.98• Measuring properly is important!

Measuring• You can guess one

number.

12

34

56

78

910

Measuring

• You can guess one number.

• 7.6 cm

12

34

56

78

910

• Try measuring here

• Try measuring here:2.37 cm

Measuring Length correctly

• You get to guess one number.

How about this one?

MASS

• How much stuff an object has• NOT how much an object weighs• Mass is measured in kilograms (kg).

Triple Beam Balance

Metric Conversions

Memorize this

• In order to make metric conversions we need to know our conversion factors.

• We will need to memorize our conversion factors for metrics.

• We can do this with the following pneumonic device:

King Henry Died Monday drinking chocolate milk

What does that mean?

King Henry Died Monday drinking chocolate milk

Kilo Hecto Deca Meter deci centi mili

NOTICE THAT THE WORDS AFTER METER ARE NOT CAPITALIZED!!!!

Sample Problem

23 cm = ____?____ Dm

We will use stair steps to make our conversions

K

H

D

M

d

c

m

Sample Problem

23 cm = ____?____ Dm

K

H

D

M

d

c

m

23 cm = ____?____ Dm

1. Put a decimal in front of the number if there isn’t one already. 23. cm2. Find the starting point.3. Count the number of steps to get to the ending point.

1

2

3

Sample Problem

• Move the decimal that many places over

23. 0.023

Answer

23 cm = 0.023 Dm

Another sample

• 7.8 Km = ____?______dm

• 7.8 Km = 78000 dm

Now you try

1. 14 mm = ___________M2. 2.1 Hm =___________cm3. 92 M =_____________Km4. 5.22 Dm =__________dm5. 0.45 Km = __________mm