Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Day Three: Activity 3

List the common units for mass, volume, and length in the metric system
Mass: kilograms
Volume: liters
Length: Centimeters, inches, feet, yards, miles
 
List the common prefixes for "big" metric items and "small" metric items.
Big: gallons, yards, miles
Small: kg, centimeters
Convert 12 inches into 1 m.
12 inches/1 x 1 meter/39.37 inches = 0.305 meters

Convert 30 mpg to km/l.
30 miles/1 gallon x 1.61 km/1 mile x 1 gallon/3.79 liters = 30 x 1.61/3.79 = 12.744 km/l

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