METRIC CONVERSIONS
OBJECTIVES Precision VS Accuracy Rounding Numbers Significant Figures Scientific Notation Metric Conversions Factor Label Method Temperature Conversions
METRIC SYSTEM What everyone else in the world uses. Based on multiples of 10. Called the “International System of Units” or SI for short.
Who uses it? Not Metric ; Liberia, Burma and the United States (black)
Metric System The United States is the only industrialized country that does not use the metric system as its official system of measurement, although the metric system has been officially sanctioned for use here since 1866.
Measurement in Chemistry Length Mass Volume Time meter gram Liter second Km=1000m Kg=1000g KL=1000L 1min=60sec 100cm=1m 1000mg=1 g 1000mL=1L 60min=1hr 1000mm=1m SI System Foot pound gallon second British 12in=1ft 16oz=1 lb 4qt=1gal (same) 3ft=1yd 2000 lb=1 ton 2pts=1qt 5280ft=1mile
Metric to Metric Conversion VIDEO
King Henry Doesn’t Usually Drink Chocolate Milk 1,000 Kilo 100 Hecto 10 Deka UNIT 0.1 Deci 0.01 Centi 0.001 Milli
Do Practice Problems http://sciencespot.net/Media/metriccnvsn2.pdf Wksht / answers