Dimensional Analysis Practice
Practice converting units using dimensional analysis. This worksheet covers basic unit conversions relevant to Grade 9 science.
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Dimensional Analysis Practice
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Read each question carefully and use dimensional analysis to solve the unit conversion problems. Show all your work.
1. Convert 4500 grams to kilograms. (1 kg = 1000 g)
2. How many seconds are in 3.5 minutes? (1 minute = 60 seconds)
3. Dimensional analysis is a method of converting units by multiplying by a .
4. When performing dimensional analysis, units that appear in both the numerator and denominator can be .
5. Which of the following conversion factors would you use to convert meters to centimeters?
100 cm / 1 m
1 m / 100 cm
1 cm / 100 m
100 m / 1 cm
6. A car travels at a speed of 60 miles per hour. Convert this speed to meters per second. (1 mile = 1609 meters, 1 hour = 3600 seconds)
7. Dimensional analysis can only be used for converting units within the same measurement system (e.g., metric to metric).
True
False
8. Imagine you are measuring the length of an object with a ruler. If the ruler shows 5.2 cm, how many millimeters is that? Draw a simple ruler and mark the length of 5.2 cm.
