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Conversion of Metric units to English and English to Metric requires the use of a
conversion factor or equation. In this course we will primarily be concerned with
measurements of length, so this exercise will only deal with those conversions.
Complete the following English-English and Metric-Metric standard conversions:
Enter all values without commas - example 5,678 would be entered as 5678.
Enter decimals less than 1 with a zero before the decimal point - example 0.25
or 0.0033.
Enter repeating decimals with an "r" designation - example 0.15733333333333
would be entered as 0.1573r.
English System Standard Conversions
1. 1 inch =
feet
2. 1 inch =
yards
3. 1 inch =
4. 1 foot =
inches
5. 1 foot =
yards
6. 1 foot =
7. 1 yard =
inches
8. 1 yard =
feet
9. 1 yard =
0. 1 mile =
inches
11. 1 mile =
feet
12. 1 mile =
yards
cm
14. 1 mm =
15. 1 mm =
km
16. 1 cm =
mm
17. 1 cm =
18. 1 cm =
km
19. 1 m =
mm
20. 1 m =
cm
21. 1 m =
km
22. 1 km =
mm
23. 1 km =
cm
24. 1 km =
in
2. 3,450 in =
3. 45 yd =
ft
ft
4. 10,912 yd =
mi
5. 18,300 ft =
yd
6. 75.3 mi =
yd
7. 63.9 ft =
8. 4 yd =
9. 63 mi =
10. 19 mi =
11. 7 mi =
in
ft
yd
in
in
12. 1,938 mi =
ft
13. 5809 yd =
ft
14. 48 ft =
15. 0.09 in =
yd
ft
16. 82.368 in =
mi
17. 4,443 ft =
yd
18. 0.318 ft =
yd
19. 84.48 ft =
mi
20. 3,172 yd =
21. 0.78 yd =
in
ft
22. 4.4352 in =
23. 0.75 mi =
mi
ft
24. 1,531.2 ft =
25. 91 mi =
mi
yd
26. 0.34 yd =
ft
27. 0.44 ft =
in
28. 443.52 in =
29. 54 in =
mi
ft
30. 7389 in =
yd
mm
2. 3,450 mm =
3. 45 m =
cm
cm
4. 10,946 m =
km
5. 18,300 cm =
6. 75.3 km =
7. 63.9 cm =
mm
8. 4 m =
9. 63 km =
10. 19 km =
11. 7 km =
cm
m
mm
mm
12. 1,938 km =
13. 5809 m =
14. 48 cm =
15. 0.09 mm =
16. 83 mm =
17. 4,443 cm =
18. 0.32 cm =
cm
cm
m
cm
km
m
m
19. 88 cm =
km
20. 3,172 m =
mm
21. 0.79 m =
22. 5 mm =
cm
km
23. 0.75 km =
cm
24. 1,544 cm =
25. 91 km =
km
m
26. 0.34 m =
cm
27. 0.44 cm =
mm
28. 452 mm =
km
29. 54 mm =
cm
30. 7389 mm =
mm
2. 850 ft =
cm
3. 76 yd =
cm
4. 252 mi =
5. 36 in =
6. 393 yd =
7. 65 mi =
mm
8. 844 ft =
cm
9. 59 ft =
10. 90 mi =
m
mm
11. 652 yd =
mm
12. 710 in =
cm
13. 4 in =
14. 612 ft =
cm
m
15. 100 yd =
cm
16. 363 yd =
17. 48 in =
18. 432 mi =
19. 96 ft =
m
km
20. 333 in =
mm
21. 12 yd =
cm
22. 489 mi =
23. 5 ft =
24. 199 in =
km
25. 23 mi =
26. 271 in =
cm
27. 43 ft =
28. 200 mi =
29. 40 in =
30. 411 in =
mm
km
cm
m
mi
2. 840 cm =
yd
3. 87 mm =
ft
4. 301 m =
ft
5. 19 km =
yd
6. 2.8 cm =
in
7. 49 mm =
in
8. 420 m =
ft
9. 0.44 km =
yd
10. 2302 mm =
11. 36 m =
yd
in
12. 99 km =
ft
13. 2.4 m =
in
14. 3.401 mm =
15. 0.2 cm =
in
16. 27 cm =
ft
17. 85 m =
18. 0.62 km =
ft
mi
19. 40 m =
yd
20. 770 m =
mi
21. 59 cm =
yd
22. 16 mm =
ft
23. 0.9211 m =
24. 84 km =
ft
yd
25. 161 cm =
26. 75 m =
in
yd
27. 30 km =
mi
28. 2 mm =
in
29. 57010 m =
30. 0.5498592 km =
mi
ft
Scientific Notation
The mass of the Earth is 5,979,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms. The
molecular diameter of ammonia is 0.0000000297 centimeters. Very large and very
small numbers are prone to errors when writing these numbers or typing them. To
prevent these types of errors, these numbers can be written in a form called scientific
notation. This allows numbers to be written as the product of a power of 10 and a
number greater than or equal to 1, but less than 10. The mass of the Earth in scientific
notation is 5.979 x 1027 kg and the molecular diameter of ammonia is 2.97 x 10-8 cm.
The simplest method for conversion of standard notation to scientific notation is move
the decimal. For very large numbers, move the decimal to the left, until it is after the
first numeral. Count the number of places the decimal has moved. This then becomes
the exponent on the 10.
EXAMPLE
Write 4,567,000 using scientific notation.
4,567,000 becomes 4.567000
The decimal place has been moved 6 places to the left.
4,567,000 = 4.567 x 106
For very small numbers, move the decimal to the right, until it is after the first non-zero
numeral. Count the number of places the decimal has moved. This becomes a
negative exponent on the 10.
EXAMPLE
Write 0.00000005436 using scientific notation.
0.00000005436 becomes 00000005.436
x 1015. The other two common methods are shown below. The first uses a small letter
E in place of the "x 10".
EXAMPLE
10.5 x 1015 will be displayed as
10.5 E 15
The 15 is the exponent of the 10.
EXAMPLE
3.463 x10-24 will be displayed as
3.463 E -24
The -24 is the exponent of the 10.
The other common method of displaying scientific notation is to place a space
between the number and the exponent.
EXAMPLES
10.5 x 1015 will be displayed as
10.5 15
The 15 is the exponent of the 10.
EXAMPLE
3.463 x10-24 will be displayed as
3.463 -24
The -24 is the exponent of the 10.
1. 1,000,000 =
x 10
2. 1,000,000,000 =
x 10
3. 1,000,000,000,000 =
x 10
4. 1,000,000,000,000,000 =
5. 0.001 =
6. 0.000001 =
x 10
x 10
x 10
7. 0.000000001 =
x 10
8. 0.000000000001 =
x 10
9. 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000765 =
10. 17,650,000,000,000 =
x 10
11. 864,760,000,000,000,000,000,000 =
12. 0.0000000000000000643 =
x 10
x 10
13. 1,872,900,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 =
14. 0.000007633 =
15. 8,980,000 =
x 10
x 10
16. 0.000000000852 =
x 10
17. 109,876,000,000,000,000 =
x 10
18. 0.0000000000000000000000000523 =
19. 423,000,000,000,000 =
20. 0.0087 =
21. 3,900,000,000 =
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
22. 0.000000000000000000000000000000000000641 =
23. 9,999,000,000,000,000,000 =
x 10
x 10
x 10
24. 0.0000006543 =
x 10
25. 83,970,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000
=
x 10
26. 687,890 =
x 10
27. 0.9 =
x 10
28. 5,768,000,000,000 =
x 10
29. 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000009
82 =
x 10
30. 75,870,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 =
x 10
=
11. (1.92 x 1012)(4.5 x 106) - (9.2 x 1018) =
12. (1.99 x 105) + (1.114 x 105) =
13. (9.2 x 105) (1.15 x 107) =
14. (1.812 x 1040)(6.555 x 109) =
15. (8 x 104)4 =
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
5. (3 x 104)(6.3 x 105) =
x 10
6. (7 x 10-3)(6.1 x 10-8) =
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10
x 10