Student ______________________
Class ______________
Date _____________
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION & CONVERSION OF UNITS
A. Scientific Notation
Write the following numbers in scientific notation, keeping the same number of
significant figures as given.
1.
0.0300
6.
0.00093
2.
7605
7.
160000
3.
0.05003
8.
37.00
4.
17050
9.
1.005
5.
0.08020
10.
10.10
B. Conversion of Units
1. Express the speed limit of 65 miles per hour in meters per second.
2. Express the speed of sound in air (Reference Table) in miles per hour.
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3. Express the speed of light in vacuum (Reference Table) in kilometer per hour.
4. Continental drift speed is
. Express this speed in
.
5. The energy in half a tank of gasoline is 1,000,000,000 joules. Express this in
gigajoules.
6. Using dimensional analysis, show that the expression
has the same units as
acceleration.
7. Using dimensional analysis and the formula
, express the unit of force
(Newton) in terms of the fundamental units of SI system.
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