Physical Science Coursework Lab

LAB 1 Homework :Lab 1 - [T3] Introduction to the Metric System Name

A . Convert to the unit of measure indicated . Take values out to 3 decimal places when appropriate

1 . 15 pounds Kilograms

15 pounds X (0 . kilogram / 1 pound 6 .804 kilograms

2 . 25 miles kilometers

25 miles X (1 .609344 kilometers / 1 mile 40 .234 kilometers

3 . 1 meter millimeters

1000 millimeters

4 . 10 liters quarts

10 liters X (1 . quarts / 1 liter 10 .567 quarts

5 . 85 kilometers centimeters

85 kilometers X (100000 centimeters / 1

kilometer 850000 centimeters

6 . 100 meters yards

100 meters X (1 .0936133 yards / 1 meter 109 .361 yards

7 . 87 liters milliliters

87 liters X (1000 milliliters / 1 liter 87000 milliliters

8 . 25 milliliters cubic centimeters

25 milliliters X (1 cubic centimeter / 1 milliliter 25 cubic centimeters

9 . 1 pound grams

1 pound X (453 .59237 grams / 1 pound 453 .592 grams

10 . 56 quarts liters

56 quarts X (0 .6 liter / 1 quart 52 .996 liters

B . Place these lengths in of increasing size . Put 1 for the smallest , 2 for the next smallest , etc

Correct

1 . 36 ,000 ,000 mm 36000 meters 9

2 . 500 yards 457 .2 meters 5

3 . 2 ,140 inches 54 .356 meters 3

4 . 1 .3 km 1300 meters 7

5 . 3 ,240 feet 987 .552 meters 6

6 . 455 meters 4

7 . 5 ,325 cm 53 .35 meters 2

8 . 125 decimeters 12 .5 meters 1

9 . 1 gigameter 00...