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    1. The document discusses unit conversion of base quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current as well as derived quantities like area, volume, velocity, and acceleration between SI units and other common units. 2. Examples are provided for converting between units like meters and kilometers, grams and kilograms, seconds and hours, degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, amperes and milliamperes. 3. Conversions are also shown for derived units including meters squared and centimeters squared for area, meters cubed and millimeters cubed for volume, meters/second and kilometers/hour for velocity, and meters/second squared and kilometers/hour squared for acceleration.

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    1. The document discusses unit conversion of base quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current as well as derived quantities like area, volume, velocity, and acceleration between SI units and other common units. 2. Examples are provided for converting between units like meters and kilometers, grams and kilograms, seconds and hours, degrees Celsius and Fahrenheit, amperes and milliamperes. 3. Conversions are also shown for derived units including meters squared and centimeters squared for area, meters cubed and millimeters cubed for volume, meters/second and kilometers/hour for velocity, and meters/second squared and kilometers/hour squared for acceleration.

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    UNIT CONVERSION OF BASE AND DERIVED QUANTITIES

    BASE QUANTITY SYMBOL SI UNITS SYMBOL UNIT’S CONVERTION


    Length l meter m 1 m = 1000 mm
    1 m = 100 cm
    1 cm = 10 mm
    1 km = 1000 m

    Mass m kilogram kg 1 g = 1000 mg


    1 kg = 1000 g
    1 tan = 1000 kg
    Time t second s 1 min = 60 s
    1 h = 60 min
    1 h = 3600 s
    Temperature T Kelvin or K or ºC 100 ºC = 212ºF
    Celcius
    0º C = 32ºF
    0º C = 273.15 K
    Electric Current I Ampere A 1 A = 1000 mA

    EXAMPLES OF UNIT CONVERSION FOR BASE QUANTITIES


    a) LENGTH

    Example :
    The distance of Kota Bharu to Kuala Lumpur is 474 km. Find the distance in the units of meter and
    centimeter.

    Solution:

    Exercise 1
    Convert the unit of 20 km into meter (m).
    Exercise 2
    Convert the unit of 5 cm into meter (m).

    b) MASS

    Example :
    A bag of cement has a mass of 50 kg. Convert the unit to gram (g)

    Solution:
    1 kg = 1000 g or (103 g)

    Exercise 1
    Convert the unit of 1234 g into kilogram (kg).

    Exercise 2
    Convert the unit of 12 kg into gram (g).

    c) TIME

    Example :
    Convert the unit of 8 hours into minute

    Solution:
    Exercise 1
    Convert the unit of 250 seconds into hour.

    Exercise 2
    Convert the unit of 250 minutes into hour.

    1.3.2 EXAMPLES OF UNIT CONVERSION FOR DERIVED QUANTITIES

    a) AREA

    Example :
    The floor area of a science laboratory is 40 m2. Find the area in cm2 and mm2

    Solution:
    1 m = 102 cm or (100 cm)
    1 m2 = (102 cm)2 = 104 cm2

    1 cm = 10 mm
    1 cm2 = (10 mm)2 = 102 mm2
    Exercise 1
    Convert the unit of 25 cm2 into square meter (m2).

    Exercise 2
    Convert the unit of 1400 mm2 into square meter (m2).

    b) VOLUME

    Example :
    A steel water tank could be filled with 25 m3 of water. What is its volume in centimeter cube?

    Solution:
    1 m = 102 cm (100 cm),
    1 m3 = (102 cm)3 = 106 cm3 or 1 m3= 100 cm x 100 cm x 100 cm = 106 cm3

    Exercise 1
    Convert the unit of 0.2 m3 into milimeter cube (mm3).
    Exercise 2
    Convert the unit of 330 mm3 into centimeter cube (cm3).

    c) VELOCITY

    Example :
    A van was driven at a speed of 90 km/h along a straight road. Convert the unit to m/s?

    Solution:
    1 km = 1000 m, 1 h = 3600 s

    Exercise 1:
    The speed of light in vacuum is 3 x 108 ms-1. What is its value in km/h?

    Exercise 2:
    An aeroplane flies at a constant speed of 700 km/h. Determine its speed in m/min.

    Exercise 3:
    A cheetah can run at a speed of 130 km/h. Find its speed in ms-1.
    d) ACCELERATION

    Example :
    A car increases its velocity at a rate of 28.8 km/min2. Determine its acceleration in m/s2.

    Solution:

    Exercise 1:
    The surface gravitational acceleration of a moon is 1.62 ms-2. Convert its unit to cm/min2

    Exercise 2:
    Along a straight road, a car tries to overtake a lorry by accelerating at a rate of 4 ms-2. Determine the
    acceleration in km/h2

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