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Name Period Date

Unit Conversion Worksheet

Wednesday April 13, 2023 – Submit

The system of measurement used by scientists all over the world to communicate information clearly is called the
International System of Units (SI).
PART A

Select from the following choices: density, length, mass, time and volume. What type of measurement is indicated
by each of the following units?
1. g/mL
4. g 7. mg
2. s
5. cm3 8. L
3. km
6. mm 9. g/cm3

PART B

For each of the following commonly used measurements, indicate its symbol. Use the symbols to
complete the following sentences with the most appropriate unit. Units may be used more than once or
not at all.
_____ milliliter _____ millimeter _____ kilometer _____ gram
_____ kilogram _____ liter _____ second
_____ meter
_____ milligram _____ centimeter

1. Colas may be purchased in two or three _____ bottles.


2. The mass of a bowling ball is 7.25 _____.
3. The length of the common housefly is about 1 _____.
4. The mass of a paperclip is about 1 _____.
5. One teaspoon of cough syrup has a volume of 5 _____.
6. Stand with your arms raised out to your side. The distance from your nose to your outstretched
fingers is about 1 _____.
7. On a statistical basis, smoking a single cigarette lowers your life expectancy by 642,000 _____,
or 10.7 minutes.
PART C

1000 mg = _____ g 198g = _____ Kg 8 mm = _____ cm

160 cm = _____ mm 75 mL = _____ L 6.3 cm = _____ mm

109 g = _____ Kg 50 cm = _____ m 5.6 m = _____ cm

250 m = _____ Km 5 L = _____mL 26,000 cm = _____ m

14 Km = _____ m 16 cm = _____mm 56,500 mm = _____ Km

1 L = _____ mL 65 g = _____ mg 27.5 mg = _____ g

480 cm = _____ m 2500 m = _____ Km 923 cm = _____ m

27 g = _____ kg 355 mL = _____ L 0.025 Km = _____ cm

SI prefixes

Factor Name Symbol Factor Name Symbol


1024 yotta Y 10-1 deci d
21 -2
10 zetta Z 10 centi c
18 -3
10 exa E 10 milli m
15 -6
10 peta P 10 micro µ
12 -9
10 tera T 10 nano n
9 -12
10 giga G 10 pico p
6 -15
10 mega M 10 femto f
3 -18
10 kilo k 10 atto a
102 hecto h 10-21 zepto z
1
10 deka da 10-24 yocto y

Conversions
1 hour = 3600 seconds 1 mile = 5280 feet 1 yard = 3 feet
1 meter = 3.28 feet 1 km = 0.62 miles 1 light second = 300,000,000 meters
1 kg = 2.2 lbs 1 lb = 0.45 kg 1 quart = 0.946 liters
1 m/s = 2.2 miles/hour 1 foot = 12 inches 1 inch = 2.54 cm = 25.4 mm

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