Dimensional Analysis Science Units

A passenger jet has a speed of 900 km/h.
What is its speed in m/s?
(1 km = 1000 m)

• 250 m/s
• 324 m/s
• 1,500 m/s
• 2,500 m/s

A bicycle has a speed of 6 m/s. What is its speed in km/h?  (1 km=1000 m)

• 21.6 km/h
• 16.67 km/h
• 2.16 km/h
• 1.67 km/h

What unit should be in the numerator of the conversion factor?

• yards
• leagues
• feet
• fathoms

What unit should be in the denominator of the conversion factor?

• yards
• leagues
• feet
• fathoms

m stands for....

• millimeter
• meter
• centimeter
• Liter

What unit is the largest unit

• hm
• cg
• g
• dm

The technique of converting between measurements is called dimensional analysis.

• True
• False

Convert 62 miles/hour to feet/second

• 5,456 feet/second

• .003 feet/second

• 90.9 feet/second

• 909 feet/second

Convert 20 tons/year to ounces/day

• .0004 ounces/day

• 6.8 ounces/day

• 109.6 ounces/day

• 1,753.42 ounces/day

Convert 70,000 quarts/year to pints/day

• 383.6 pints/day

• 767.1 pints/day

• 1,534.2 pints/day

• 191.8 pints/day