1. Factor Label Method

2. Identify the three equipment on the next slide.
BELL WORK:
Identify the three equipment on the next slide.
What is it (quantity) does each equipment measure?
How do you use the equipment? Drawing or written direction is accepted.
August 24
Bell Work
Metric Mania
Factor Label Method
FLM Practice
HW - Conversions
ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
How can I use the factor label method in my life?

3. Review: Triple Beam Balance mass Graduated Cylinder grams
Volume of a Liquid
liters
Meter stick
Length/distance
meters

4. Metric Mania: Finish up lab.
Make sure you are able to use each equipment accurately.
Make sure you know what units are used for each equipment and what is being measured.
Make sure you know how to appropriately get the equipment and to return it.
You have 10 minutes (or 2 songs) to finish up the lab.

5. Objectives: I can explain and describe what is SI.
I can explain and describe what are the SI units for length, volume, and mass.
I can explain and describe which measurements are used for large and small quantities.
I can use the factor label method (FLM) to convert from larger to smaller quantities and vice versa.

6. Review: Talk with your classmate
Which is bigger?
km cm
g mg
dag dg

7. Factor Label Method:
A systematic way of converting from one unit to another unit (not just for metric system)
It’s always in this format:
10 𝑔 1 × 1 𝑘𝑔 1000𝑔

8. Factor Label Method:
With the person next to you, solve the following problem:
You have 24 persons on your baseball team. You need to order pizza and want to have 2 slices of pizza for each person. You know that a large pizza has 8 slices in it. How many boxes of pizza should you order?

9. Before We Get Started we Need Metric Prefixes or Conversion Factors:
Prefix Name
Symbol
Amount
Actual Number
mega M
million
1, 000, 000
kilo k
thousand
1, 000
hecto h
hundred
100
deka da
ten 10
Unit
m, L, g
one 1
deci d
tenth
0.1
centi c
hundredth
0.01
milli m
thousandth
0.001
micro
millionth
nano n
billionth

10. Factor Label Method: Now let’s try actual metric measurements
2000 meters = ___________ cm

11. Factor Label Method: Here’s another one…
20 kilograms = ___________ grams

12. Factor Label Method: And another one…
30 milliliters = ___________ liters

13. Factor Label Method: And another one…
30 milliliters = ___________ centiliters

14. Factor Label Method: Now let’s try some more
20 kilometers = ___________ cm

15. Factor Label Method: Now let’s try some more
20 hectogram = ___________ centigram