1D One Dimension: CE 107 Unit 03 Unit & Unit Conversion Summary Sheet
1D One Dimension: CE 107 Unit 03 Unit & Unit Conversion Summary Sheet
UNIT 03
Unit & Unit Conversion
Summary Sheet
1D
One Dimension
Distance, Length, Width (or Breadth), Thicknesses:
12 inch = 1 foot
Is also expressed as:
12 in = 1 ft
12 = 1 (very useful in the field work)
3 ft = 1 yd (yard)
1760 yd (yard) = 1 mi (mile)
1 m = 100 cm
10 mm (millimeter) = 1 cm (centimeter)
10 cm = 1 dm (decimeter)
10 dm = 1 m (meter)
10 decm (decameter) = 1 hm (hectometer)
10 hm = 1 km (kilometer)
1 in = 2.54 cm
1 mi =1.609 km
Elaboration:
1 mile = 1760 yd
= 1760 x (1 yd)
= 1760 x (3 ft)
= 1760 x 3 x (1 ft)
= 5280 x (12 in)
= 5280 x 12 x (1 in)
= 63360 x (2.54 cm)
=160934.4 cm
= (160934.4 100) m
= (1609.344 1000) km
= 1.609 km ~ 1.61 km
1 m = 3.281 ft
Elaboration:
1 m = 100 cm
= (100 2.54) in
= (100 2.54) 12 ft
= 3.281 ft
2D
Two Dimension
Area :
1 bigha = 20 katha
1 Acre = ? bigha
1 acre = 4840 yd2
= 4840 x (1 yd)2
= 4840 x (3 ft)2
= 4840 x 9 ft 2
= 43560 ft 2
= (43560 720) katha
= 60.5 katha
= (60.5 20) bigha
= 3.025 bigha
3D
Three Dimension
Volume :
1 kg = 2.205 lb
Unit weight of water, the essential matter for life, is expressed as γw.
Unit weight of water (γw) = 9.81 kN/m3 (kilo Newton per meter cube or cubic meter)
= 1000 kg/ m3 (kilogram per meter cube or cubic meter)
= 62.4 lb/ ft3 (pound per foot cube or cubic foot)
= 1 gm/cm3 or 1 gm/cc (gram per centimeter cube or cubic centimeter)