SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

GENERAL PHYSICS 1 – CONVERSION OF UNITS PRACTICE EXERCISES # 2.2

DIRECTION: CONVERT THE FOLLOWING INTO THE DESIRED UNIT. WRITE YOUR
FINAL ANSWER WITH CORRECT SIGNIFICANT FIGURE(S) AND IN SCIENTIFIC
NOTATION IF NECESSARY.
1. Lois wants to send a box of oranges to a friend by mail. The box of oranges cannot
exceed a mass of 10 kg. If each orange has a mass of 200g, what is the maximum
number she can send? Answer: 50 pieces

2. Jessica is measuring two line segments. The first line segment is 30 cm long. The
second line segment is 500 mm long. How long are the two line segments together in
dm? Answer: 8 dm

3. The distance between Happyville and Giggleland is 60 miles. How far is this in
meters? (1 mile = 1.61km) Answer:1x105 m

4. Penny has a pencil that is 19 hm long. How long is the pencil in dm?
Answer: 19,000dm or 1.9x104 dm

5. 30 g serving of a certain breakfast cereal has 0.5 g of salt. How much salt would that
be in milligrams Answer: 500 mg

6. Justin weighs 80 kilograms, Benjamin weighs 40 kilograms. Jack weighs 60 kilograms.

How much do the 3 people weigh altogether in lbs? (2.20 lbs=1kg) Answer: 4x102 lbs

7. How many cm3 are in 3.45 ft3? ( 1ft = 30.38cm) Answer: 9.67x104 cm3

A school custodian must mark off a field that is 150 ft by 85 ft. His tape measure is
marked in metres. What are the dimensions of the field in metres?
(1ft = 30.38cm) Answer: 46 m by 26 m

8. Charlie drove from Calgary to Saskatoon, which is a distance of 620 km. How far is
this in miles? (1 mile = 1.61km) Answer:3.9x102 mi

9. How many cm3 are in 0.783 m3? Answer: 7.83x105 cm3

10. While driving, Mac sees a sign that says 123 meters to a diner. How many more hm is
it to the diner? Answer: 1.23 hm

11. The maximum speed reached by a standing skateboarder is about 14.7 m/s. Would
the skateboarder get a ticket in a 30 km/h speed zone? Answer: Yes. The speed of
the driver is 52.9km/hr

12. How many inches are in 1.00 km? Answer: 3.94x104 inch

13. If the density of propanol is 0.828 g/mL and a sample has a mass of 14.5 g what is the
volume? Answer: 17.5 ml
14. Convert the following
I. TIME

a. 4.5 years to minutes Answer: 2.4X106 minutes

b. 133 weeks to hours Answer: 2.23x104 hrs
c. 960 days to seconds Answer: 8.3x107 s
d. 1.24 x 1012 seconds to years Answer: 3.93x104 yrs
e. 145,000 minutes to weeks Answer: 14.4 weeks

II. DENSITY

a. 1.2 kg/ m2 to g/cm2 Answer: 0.12 g/cm2

b. 123 g/ mm2 to kg/cm2 Answer: 12.3 kg/cm2
c. 52 g/cm2 to mg/mm2 Answer: 520 mg/mm2
d. 15 cg/cm2 to kg/km2 Answer: 1.5x106 kg/km2
e. 5.2 mg/mm to g/cm2 Answer: 0.52 g/cm2