WorksheetsConverting Units
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 8mins
The mass of a container ship is 6.5 x 106 kg. What would be an appropriate metric multiplier prefix to use to express this mass.
micro (micrograms)
Mega (megagrams)
Giga (Gigagrams)
nano (nanograms)
A computer takes 0.00087 seconds to complete a calculation. Which of the following conversions is correct?
870 microseconds
87 milliseconds
87 nanoseconds
8.7 centiseconds
How many seconds in 1 year, 14 days, 3 hours and 16 minutes? (assume not a leap year). Be sure to include the unit with your answer.
(a)
A 330mL can of Sprite contains 586 kJ of energy mostly from the 38 grams of sugar. Determine the number of kcal in a can of Sprite rounded off to a whole number. There are 4.184 J in one calorie of energy.
(a)
A bicycle ride is measured to be 32.44 km. Determine the distance in meters.
3244 m
32440 m
324400 m
3244000 m
The wavelength of ultraviolet light is approximately 50 nm. Determine this wavelength in meters.
5.0 x 10-5 m
5.0 x 10-6 m
5.0 x 10-7 m
5.0 x 10-8 m
A parsec (pc) is a distance unit that is 3.26 lightyears in length. One lightyear is 9.46 x 1015 m. Determine the distance to Alpha Centauri in meters if it is measured to be 1.34 pc away from Earth.
4.13 x 1016 m
3.89 x 1016 m
2.30 x 1016 m
4.31 x 1016 m
The mass of a table tennis ball is 2.7 grams. Determine the mass in kg. Be sure to include the unit.
(a)
1 Chinese RMB is equivalent to 15.5 Japanese Yen. Determine the RMB cost of a 124 Yen onigiri at a Lawson's in Osaka.
(a)
The current in LED is measured to be 87.3 mA. Determine the current in A. Be sure to include the unit.
(a)
