AP Notes, Outlines, Study Guides, Vocabulary, Practice Exams and more!

Customary units in the United States

AP Physics

Subject: 
Physics
Rating: 
0
No votes yet
Tags: 
measurement
Units of length
Metrology
Customary units in the United States
Arithmetic
Centimetre
Foot
Uncertainty
Conversion of units
Scientific Notation
1 centimetre
Litre

Presentation of chapter 1 Frank Chen Period 5 1.4 Conversion of Units In 1960, an international committee established a set of fundamental quantities of science which is called SI. There is also a set of U.S. customary units, theses are some examples of convert U.S. into SI: 1 mile = 1609 m = 1.609 km; 1 m = 39.37 in. = 3.281 ft; 1 ft = 0.3048m = 30.48 cm; 1 in = 0.0254m = 2.54 cm Conversion Factors The method to convert the different units into the required unit Ex. 13.0 in. = (15 in.)(2.54 cm/1in.) = 38.1 cm 1.5 Order of magnitude Order of Magnitude is an scientific method use symbol ?~?to estimate a magnitude round into one digit and expressed in scientific notation. Ex. 0.00054m ~ 10^-4m 3600m ~ 10^3m 4 1.6 Uncertainty in Measurements
Subscribe to RSS - Customary units in the United States

Need Help?

We hope your visit has been a productive one. If you're having any problems, or would like to give some feedback, we'd love to hear from you.

For general help, questions, and suggestions, try our dedicated support forums.

If you need to contact the Course-Notes.Org web experience team, please use our contact form.

Need Notes?

While we strive to provide the most comprehensive notes for as many high school textbooks as possible, there are certainly going to be some that we miss. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. Be sure to include which edition of the textbook you are using! If we see enough demand, we'll do whatever we can to get those notes up on the site for you!