Practice: UNITS & MEASUREMENT

1. (a) Write 81 900 000 000 000 in standard form.

(b) Write 0.000 0012 in standard form.

2. Convert the following standard form to ordinary form:

(a) 5.12 x 105 m
(b) 1.025 x 10-7 m

3. Convert the following quantities into unit stated and write them down in standard form.
(a) 250 nm to metre
(b) 50 g to kilogram
(c)0.4 μs to second

4. (a) Convert 1 kmh-1 to ms-1

(b) Convert 1 gcm-3 to kgm-3

5. (a) Convert 1 ms-1 to kmh-1

(b) Convert 1 kgm-3 to gcm-3

6. Write down the following base quantities in standard form:

(a) Radius of the Earth = 6 370 000 m
(b) Mass of the Moon = 73 500 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg
(c)Size of an atom = 0.000 000 000 234 m
(d) Mass of a proton = 0.000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 001 672 kg

7. Convert the following quantities into SI units and write them down in standard form.
(a) 5.7 cm = ______ m (h) 37.2 mg = ______ g
(b) 0.034 km = ______ m (i) 0.054 GV = ______ V
(c) 250 mm = ______ m (j) 93.5 MHz = ______ Hz
(d) 550 μs = ______ s (k) 28 mA = ______ A
(e) 5670 nm = ______ m (l) 150 μA = ______ A
(f) 2.35 mJ = ______ J (m) 200 pF = ______ F
(g) 0.12 MW = ______ W (n) 0.075 Tm = ______ m

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8. Write down the following values in the units stated.
(a) 1645 mm in m (e) 5.63 x 104 g in kg
(b) 27.5 tonne in kg (f) 4.52 x 10-7 mm in m
(c) 1450 g in kg (g) 2 x 10-11 m in pm
(d) 75 μs in s (h) 5.6 x 10-7 m in nm

9. How many millimetres are there in 10.0 km? Write your answer in standard form.

10. How many seconds are there in 1 day (24 hours)? Write down your answer in standard
form.

11. Convert the following derived quantities in terms of base units.

(a) Acceleration (Change in velocity ÷ time)
(b) Momentum (Mass x velocity)
(c) Density (Mass ÷ volume)
(d) Force (Mass x acceleration)
(e) Impulse (Change in momentum)
(f) Pressure (Force ÷ area)
(g)Work done (Force x displacement)
(h) Electric charge (Current x time)

12. Convert the following quantities to the given units and state the values in standard form.
(a) 1 m = ______ cm = ______ mm (d) 1 mm = ______ cm = ______ m
2 2 2
(b) 1 m = ______ cm = ______ mm (e) 1 mm2 = ______ cm2 = ______ m2
(c) 1 m2 = ______ cm3 = ______ mm3 (f) 1 mm3 = ______ cm3 = ______ m3

13. Convert the following quantities to the given units. Write your answer in standard form if
necessary.
(a) 0.25 mm2 = ______ m2 (f) 0.25 gcm-3 = ______ kgm-3
(b) 150 mm3 = ______ m3 (g) 180 kgm-3 = ______ gcm-3
(c) 0.062 cm2 = ______ m2 (h) 300 cms-1 = ______ ms-1
(d) 1500 cm3 = ______ m3 (i) 72 kmh-1 = ______ ms-1
(e) 0.009 km2 = ______ cm2 (j) 18 ms-1 = ______ kmh-1

14. Find the sum of the following quantities in SI unit and give your answer in standard form.
(a) 2.20 km + 450 m + 24558 cm
(b) 1250 mm + 12 cm + 0.4 dm + 0.08 m
(c) 5.056 kg + 5.40 x 104 mg + 7.85 g

15. A cuboid has a dimension of 100 mm x 50 mm x 5 mm. Determine its volume in

m3. Give your answer in standard form.