Next topic, Conversions.
Where have you heard of that word.. Conversions. Hm, again, familiar isn't it? Ina guessed that you are already tired of her telling how everything seems familiar. No worries, She will stop.. Kidding, She won't. But remember that time of you finally realised how easy the formulas are? Yep. Ina has been there and done that.
But hey, Conversion is a change in the form of measurement, units BUT without the change in size or amount.
It can be in terms of Mass, Length and Capacity.
Remember that formula of these three subtopics that looks like a butterfly that has too many wings going up and down? Yes. It is like that. I mean, for Ina. You still don't get it? Fine. You know that one where when you change km to m and basically just multiply them by 1000.. and you draw an arrow going down and it looks like wings.. Yes.. Now you get it? Good.
So now, let us focus on Mass.
What is Mass you say? Well, Mass is a scientific measure of the amount of matter an object is made up of. Mass is also often confused as Weight. It is basically mass is a measure of the amount of matter in an object and weight is the amount of force that gravity has on an object.
For Mass, the metric unit is (g).
Here is the formula of Mass
t
/1000 ( ) x 1000
kg
/1000 ( ) x 1000
g
/1000 ( ) x 1000
mg
Here are few examples of Mass equations
34 g convert to mg
= 34000 mg
9090 kg to t
= 9.09 t
See? It's that simple!
Now let's move on to Length.
Length is a measure from one end to another. It is easy identify length especially when everything ends with Metre. Like, kilometre, metre, centimetre and millimetre! Those are all related to Length.
The principle metric unit for length is (m)
Here is the formula of Length.
km
/1000 ( ) x 1000
m
/100 ( ) x 100
cm
/10 ( ) x 10
mm
Here are few examples of Length equations!
Convert 5 m to cm
5 x 100= 500 cm
Convert 10576 m to km
10576/1000 = 10.576 km
And lastly, Capacity.
Capacity is mainly about the amount of something can hold. For example a glass of water, This glass has a capacity of 300 ml (but is actually holding only 160 ml.)
The principle metric unit for Capacity is l (litre)
Here is the formula or Capacity
ml
/1000 ( ) x 1000
kl
/100 ( ) x 100
l
/10 ( ) x 10
ml
Here are few examples of Capacity equations!
Express 4 L in mL
1L= 1000 mL
4L= 4 x 1000mL
= 4000 mL
A diving pool contains 746 kilolitres of water. How many litres of water does the pool contain?
1 kL= 1000 L
746 kL = 746 x 1000 L
= 746 000 L
Thanks for reading,
Ina. x
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