Slide 1CHAPTER 2 ANALYZING DATA Slide 2 SI MEASUREMENT  SI (def): Le Systeme International d’ Unites (International System of Units)  SI has 7 base units and almost…

Slide 1 Slide 2 V. Units of Measurement VI. Metric System Slide 3  Quantity - number + unit UNITS MATTER!! Slide 4 QuantityBase UnitAbbrev. Length Mass Time Temp meter…

Chp 2. Unit Conversion English-English Metric-metric Metric-English or English-Metric 1 ft = 12 in 1 yd = 3 ft 1 gal = 4 qt 5280 ft = 1 mi 2.1 Unit Analysis Used to convert…

A. Accuracy vs. Precision Accuracy - how close a measurement is to the accepted value Precision - how close a series of measurements are to each other ACCURATE = CORRECT…

A. Number vs. Quantity Quantity – is something that has magnitude, size, or amount; number + unit UNITS MATTER!! B. SI Units SI units of measurement is the system that…

Scientific Notation Converting into Sci. Notation: Move decimal until there’s 1 digit to its left. Places moved = exponent. Large # (>1)  positive exponent Small…

SI units: The International System of Units (abbreviated SI from the French Système international d'unités]) is the modern form of the metric system a system of units…

Factor Label Method AKA Dimensional Analysis Factor Label Method AKA Dimensional Analysis A method of converting one unit in a problem to another unit using a series of conversion…

C. Johannesson A. SI Prefix Conversions 1. Find the difference between the exponents of the two prefixes. 2. Move the decimal that many places. C. Johannesson C. Johannesson…

UNIT CONVERSIONS MEASUREMENT C. Johannesson Dimensional Analysis The âFactor-Labelâ Method Units, or âlabelsâ are canceled, or âfactoredâ out C. Johannesson Dimensional…