OPERATIONS ON NUMBERS

IN SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

PRESENTATION
 SHORT QUIZ
Write the following numbers in scientific notation:
1. 0.000005 = 5 x 10-6
2. 3,000,000,000 = 3 x 109
3. 0.0056 = 5.6 x 10-3
Calculate the following:
4.
5.
 SHORT QUIZ
Calculate the following:

4. = 15.12 x 10-3
= 1.512 x 10-2
12
5. 4.43 × 10
¿ 9
5.4 × 10
3
¿ 0.82 × 10
2
¿ 8.203 × 10
Systems of Measurements
Systems of Measurements

The Systeme International d’Unites (SI units), is

the measurement system agreed upon by scientists
following the Conference Generale des Poids et
Mesures (CGPM) in 1968. It is based on the metric
system.
Systems of Measurements
7 Fundamental Units of the SI.
1. Meter (m) for length
2. Kilogram (kg) for mass
3. Second (s) for time
4. Kelvin (K) for thermodynamic temperature
5. Ampere (A) for electric current
6. Candela (cd) for luminous intensity
7. Mole (mol) for number of particles or amount
of substance
Systems of Measurements
3 Fundamental Quantities
1. Length
2. Mass
3. Time
Other Physical Quantities
1. Area 4. Speed 7. Energy
2. Volume 5. Acceleration 8. Pressure
3. Density 6. Power 9. Viscosity
Unit Conversion
Meter (Length)
1 kilometer (km)
1 decimeter (dm)
1 centimeter (cm)
1 millimeter (mm)
1 micrometer (μm)
1 nanometer (nm)
1 angstrom (A)
1 picometer (pm)
Unit Conversion
Prefixes for powers of ten:
Number Prefix Abbreviation
terra T
giga G
mega M
kilo k
centi c
milli m
micro μ
nano n
pico p
Unit Conversion
Kilogram (Mass)

1 kilogram (kg)
1 gram (g)
1 milligram (mg)
1 microgram (μg)
Unit Conversion
Second (Time)

1 day
1 hour
1 minute
Unit Conversion
Intrroduction:
1. Convert 42 inches to feet:
1 𝑓𝑡 42 𝑓𝑡
42𝑖𝑛 × ¿ ¿ 3.5 𝑓𝑡
12 𝑖𝑛 12

2. Convert 9.8 ft to inches:

12 𝑖𝑛
9.8 𝑓𝑡 × ¿ 9.8 (12 𝑖𝑛)¿ 117.6 𝑖𝑛
1 𝑓𝑡
Unit Conversion
Examples:
1. Convert 600 m to km:
1 𝑘𝑚 600 𝑘𝑚
600 𝑚 × 1000 𝑚 ¿ 1000 ¿ 0.60 𝑘𝑚

2. Convert 250 g to kg:

1 𝑘𝑔 ¿ 250 𝑘𝑔
250 𝑔 × ¿ 0.25 𝑘𝑔
1000 𝑔 1000
Unit Conversion
Examples:
3. Convert 40 min to seconds.

4. Convert 40 mm to m.

5. Convert 240 s to min.