Unit Conversion Practice
A Grade 10 science worksheet focusing on unit conversion, including metric and imperial systems, and dimensional analysis.
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Unit Conversion Practice
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Read each question carefully and convert the units as required. Show all your work for full credit. Use dimensional analysis where appropriate. Round your answers to two decimal places unless otherwise specified.
1. The base unit of length in the metric system is the .
2. To convert from kilometers to meters, you should by 1000.
3. There are centimeters in one meter.
4. Dimensional analysis is a method of converting units by multiplying by factors.
1. Convert 5.75 kilometers to meters.
2. How many milliliters are there in 2.5 liters?
3. A mass of 3500 grams is equal to how many kilograms?
1. Which of the following is the correct conversion factor to change meters to centimeters?
100 cm / 1 m
1 m / 100 cm
10 cm / 1 m
1 m / 10 cm
2. How many seconds are in 3.5 hours?
210 seconds
1260 seconds
12600 seconds
21000 seconds
1. A car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Convert this speed to meters per second. (Given: 1 mile = 1609 meters, 1 hour = 3600 seconds)
2. A swimming pool holds 50,000 liters of water. How many cubic meters is this? (Given: 1 liter = 0.001 cubic meters)
1. The abbreviation 'km' stands for 'kilograms'.
True
False
2. There are 12 inches in a foot.
True
False