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1 Units of measure
1 What does S.I. stand for?
2 a Why was the S.I. introduced?
b When was it introduced?
3 What are the S.I. units for the following:
a length

7 a How many mm are there in 1 m?

b How many mg are there in 1 kg?
c How many s are there in 1 s?
d How many m are there in 1 mm?
8 Write down the following in standard form:

b mass

a 1000 kg

c time

b 1000000 m

Standard form (scientific notation)

4 Write the following in standard form:
Example: 315 = 3.15 102
a 7.8
b 0.036
c 5 200 712
5 Write the following in conventional form:
Example: 3.15 102 = 315
a 6.1 10
b 1.03 105
c 5.92 102
d 3.214 105
6 What do the following represent? Write the
prefix as a power of 10.

c 0.001 s
d 0.37 kg
9 Express the following in mm:
a 2.7 m
b 22.4 cm
c 0.33 m
d 5.6 104 nm.
10 Express the following in s:
a 5000 ms
b 4 1010 s
11 A tank full of liquid has a volume of 0.2 m.
What is this in:
a litres
b cm

a g
b ns
c ml
d t
e kg
f

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