Dimensional Analysis Ms. Marshall Honors Chemistry WW-P September 2014
Conversion Problems King Henry Died __base unit__ Drinking Chocolate Milk We could express how each of the prefixes is related to each other using equivalencies Real life example $1 = 4 quarters = 10 dimes = 20 nickels = 100 pennies Metric example 1 meter = 10 decimeters = 100 centimeters = 1000 millimeters If we set 2 measurements that are equal to each other up as a ratio, the ratio will equal 1. These are conversion factors (a ratio of equivalent measurements).
Conversion Problems When a measurements is multiplied by a conversion factor, the actual size of the measurement remains the same, however the numerical value will change because the prefix for the unit is changing.
Dimensional Analysis
The Trouble with Turtles
Converting between Metric Units
Converting Complex Units