Grade 8 Science: Dimensional Analysis Worksheet
Understand and apply dimensional analysis to convert between different units of measurement in various scientific contexts.
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Dimensional Analysis Practice
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Read each question carefully and use dimensional analysis to solve the problems. Show all your work, including the conversion factors you use.
1. Dimensional analysis is a method of converting between different units of measurement using factors.
2. When setting up a dimensional analysis problem, units you want to cancel out should be placed in the and of the fractions.
3. There are 1000 in 1 kilogram.
1. Which of the following is a correct conversion factor?
1 meter / 100 kilometers
1000 grams / 1 kilogram
1 hour / 60 seconds
1 liter / 1 milliliter
2. How many milliliters are in 2.5 liters?
25 mL
250 mL
2500 mL
0.0025 mL
1. Convert 5 kilometers to meters. Show your work.
2. A car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Convert this speed to feet per second. (Hint: 1 mile = 5280 feet, 1 hour = 3600 seconds)
1. Dimensional analysis helps ensure that the units in a calculation are consistent.
True
False
2. You can use dimensional analysis to convert between units of time and units of length.
True
False
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