Ch. 1 Sec. 3 Measurement
Scientific Notation Expressing a value as the product of a number between 1 & 10 and a power of 10 Makes very large or small numbers easier 300,000,000 3.0 x 7.65 x Decimal is placed after first non zero # Spaces counted to give you the exponent 34,000 5.06 x 10 5 8.95 x
Adding and Subtracting Sci Notation Add or subtract the numbers (3 x ) + (6 x ) (3+9) 9 x (8.5 x 10 7 ) – (2.3 x 10 7 ) (8.5 – 2.3) 6.2 x 10 7
Multiplying & Dividing Sci Notation Multiply numbers Add or Subtract exponents (2 x 10 3 )(4 x 10 2 ) (2x6) & ( ) 8 x 10 5 (9 x 10 8 ) / (3 x 10 3 ) (9/3) & ( ) 3 x 10 5
SI Units Units Describe a number Base Units QuantityUnitSymbol LengthMeterM MassKilogramKg TempKelvinK TimeSecondS
SI Units Derived Units QuantityUnitSymbol AreaSquare meter m2m2 VolumeCubic meterm3m3 DensityKilograms/ cubic meter Kg/m 3 EnergyJoule (kg. m 2 /s 2 ) J
Metric Prefixes PrefixSymbolMeaningMultiply unit by KilokThousand (10 3 ) 1000 DecidTenth (10 -1 )0.1 CenticHundreth (10 -2 ) 0.01 MillimThousandth (10 -3 ) 0.001
Conversion Factor Ratio of equivalent measurements 45 m _______ = ______km 3 kg ________ = ______mg
Precision Gauge of exact measurement Use of significant figures More figures = more exact 5:30 or 5:30.15 Ran the 100 in 12 or 12.12
Significant Figures: Rules All digits in known measurement 1) Non-zero digits are always significant. 2) Any zeros between two significant digits are significant. 3) A final zero or trailing zeros in the decimal portion ONLY are significant.
Significant Fig. Practice 1) 2) 3) 7.09 x 10 5 4) 91,600 5) 6) 7) 250 8) 780,000,000 9) 10)
Accuracy Closeness of a measurement to the actual value
Temperature Fahrenheit o F = 9/5( o C) + 32 Celsius o C = 5/9( o F – 32) Kelvin (base unit) K = o C +273