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    Converting Units of Base Quantity

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    The document discusses converting between different units of measurement for base quantities like mass, length, and time. It provides examples of converting between grams and kilograms for mass, kilometers and meters for length, and hours, minutes and seconds for time. It also lists the SI base units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current. Finally, it defines prefixes that are used with standard units when the physical quantity is too large or small, and provides examples of using prefixes with units of length, temperature, mass, current and time.

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    Converting Units of Base Quantity

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    The document discusses converting between different units of measurement for base quantities like mass, length, and time. It provides examples of converting between grams and kilograms for mass, kilometers and meters for length, and hours, minutes and seconds for time. It also lists the SI base units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current. Finally, it defines prefixes that are used with standard units when the physical quantity is too large or small, and provides examples of using prefixes with units of length, temperature, mass, current and time.

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    The document discusses converting between different units of measurement for base quantities like mass, length, and time. It provides examples of converting between grams and kilograms for mass, kilometers and meters for length, and hours, minutes and seconds for time. It also lists the SI base units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current. Finally, it defines prefixes that are used with standard units when the physical quantity is too large or small, and provides examples of using prefixes with units of length, temperature, mass, current and time.

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    The document discusses converting between different units of measurement for base quantities like mass, length, and time. It provides examples of converting between grams and kilograms for mass, kilometers and meters for length, and hours, minutes and seconds for time. It also lists the SI base units for various physical quantities like length, mass, time, temperature, and electric current. Finally, it defines prefixes that are used with standard units when the physical quantity is too large or small, and provides examples of using prefixes with units of length, temperature, mass, current and time.

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    Converting Units of Base Quantity :

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

    A wooden block has a mass of 380 g. Convert the unit to kilogram(kg)?

    b) Length :
    The distance of Kota Bharu city to Kuala Lumpur city is 474 km. Find the distance in the units of meter.

    A student is 160 cm tall. Determine his height in kilometre

    c) Time :
    Convert 8 hours to minute?

    Convert 300 seconds to hour?


    Base Quantities in S.I. unit :

    Base quantity S.I. unit Symbol of S.I. unit Instrument

    Length Metre m

    Mass Kilogram Kg

    Time Second S

    Temperature Kelvin K

    Electric current Ampere A

    Prefix :
    - always in front of the base quantities, can be used when the physical unit is too big or too small.

    Values of prefixes and symbols for physical quantity units :

    Prefix Value Standard form Symbol

    giga 1000 000 000 109 G

    mega 1000 000 106 M

    kilo 1000 103 k

    deci 0.1 10−1 d

    centi 0.01 10−2 c

    milli 0.001 10−3 m

    micro 0.000 001 10−6 µ

    nano 0.000 000 001 10−9 N

    Examples :

    For length : 1 x 103 m = 1 km (kilometre)

    For Temperature : 1 x 101 = 10 K (kelvin)

    For Mass : 1 x 10−6 g = 1 µg (microgram)

    For Current : 1 x 10−1 = 10 dA (deciampere)

    For Time : 1 x 10−3 s = 1 ms (millisecond)

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