Unit & Measurement
Unit & Measurement
Unit & Measurement
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CHAPTER 1
507 km
Although both cars are travelling at the same
Butterworth
speed, i.e. 70 km/h, they are travelling at
369 km
different velocity because the directions are
Kuala Lumpur
different.
Figure 1.1: Zainal travelling path
Answers: Exercise
a) 15 km = 15×1000 m = 15 000 m 1. Write the definition of base quantity and
2 -2 2 2
b) 25 cm = 25 × (10 ) m derived quantity. Give 4 examples each.
-3 2
= 2.5 × 10 m 2. What is the difference(s) between scalar
30 km 1000 m 1h quantity and vector quantity? Give 2
c) 30 km/h = × ×
h 1 km 3600 s
examples each.
= 30.2778 m/s
3. Convert the following to the unit given.
d) 31.8 g/cm3 = a) 16 m/s2 _____km/h2
3 3
b) 69 N/m2 _____kN/m2
31.8 g 1 kg (100) cm
3
× × c) 8.64 km2 _____mm2
cm 1000 g 1 m3
= 3 180 kg/m3 d) 1.8 kg/m3 _____g/cm3
1.5 Prefixes