Unit #0-04

Learning Outcome

At the end of this lesson, you will be able to:

• understand metric prefixes

Review

• scientific notation

Lesson

• watch the video, "Unit Prefixes"

  • metric prefix (see chart below)

• used to help people understand quantity without using scientific notation

• each prefix is really just scientific notation, 10 to some exponent

  • ex. 1000 g = 10 x 10³g = 1 kg

Activity

• convert the following 

  • 260,000 g to kg

    • 260,000 g = 260 kg

  • 0.012 m to mm

    • 0.012 m = 12 mm

Daily Assignment

• complete worksheet