Unit Conversions

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Unit Conversions

• Example 23 feet ? yards

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Unit Conversions

• Example 3 yd2 ? ft2

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Metric Prefixes(bigger)

• kilo (k) 1000 103
• Mega (M) 1 million 106
• Giga (G) 1 billion 109
• Tera (T) 1 trillion 1012

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Metric Prefixes(smaller)

• centi (c) 1 hundredth 10-2
• milli (m) 1 thousandth 10-3
• micro (m) 1 millionth 10-6
• nano (n) 1 billionth 10-9

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SI (International Standard) Base Units

• meter (m) about a yard
• kilogram (kg) about 2.2 lbs
• liter (l) about a quart
• liter (l) 1000 mL 1000 cm3