Unit Conversion Guide and Examples
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ScribdTranslationsUNIT CONVERSION
The transformation of a quantity, expressed in a certain unit of measurement, into another.
equivalent of the same system of units or not; this is what we call unit conversion.
For this conversion or transformation process, knowledge of factors is required.
conversion determined in tables with their respective equivalences.
When the change of units involves the transformation of several units, they can be used.
various conversion factors one after another, so that the final result will be the measurement
equivalent in the units we are looking for.
Basic units and equivalents
Weight
Volume
Time
Length
Temperature
Speed
Conversion factor
This is a mathematical operation where units of the same type are converted.
magnitude, or to calculate the equivalence between the multiples and submultiples of a certain
unit of measurement. In summary...
A conversion factor is 'an account' that allows expressing a measurement in different ways.
forms
Example:
How many minutes are in 2.3 hours?
To convert this amount, we will multiply it by a fraction where the factor is found.
of equivalence of one hour in minutes, what we do is place the unit we want
eliminate in the denominator (hours) and the unit we want to convert in the numerator
(minutes). Let's analyze this case:
2.3 horas= ¿? Minutos
We look for the equivalence of one hour in minutes in our table, which is 1 h = 60 minutes.
Knowing this data, we substitute in our conversion factor:
60 minutes
2.3 h = ( )
1h
Where the unit that we are going to transform (hours: h) is "above", to convert it to
minutes, this unit in equivalence goes 'down' and the unit to reach goes 'up', as how
observed previously.
60 minutes 2.3 h * 60 min 138 h * min
2.3 h = ( )=( )= = 138 min
1h 1h 1h
Observing the case, the hours to be converted will be multiplied by the equivalence of time in
minutes and this result will be divided by the equivalence of the minutes in hours, where
we can observe the dimensional analysis of units. This means that when multiplying hour
with minute gives us a new unit of 'h*min', which this new unit when divided by the
hour unitℎ∗ we will have a resulting unit of 'min' since when dividing h/h this
ℎ
"disappears" or mathematically stated, it becomes "1" which multiplies the unit of min,
therefore it is not necessary to add this "1".
PROPOSED EXERCISES
1) 13 L to ml
23458 ml to L
3) 26.4 drops to ml
4) 123.67 µl to ml
123.45 km to m
6) 23.58 m to km
67.04 g per kg
8) 0.098 kg a g
345.05 mg per kg
10) 0.645 hours is a minute
650.89 min to h
12) 45°C a F°
13) 2°F a °C y °K
14) 36.5°C a °F y °K
15) 13°K a °C
16) 12.5 ml/second to ml/min
17) 2.8 l/min to ml/h
18) 23.9 ml/min to µl/sec
1234.5 µl/s to L/min
20) 28.54 m/s a km/h