Name: ______________________________ Date: ___________________
Section and Batch: ____________________ Activity no. 1
General Physics I
Fundamentals in Physics
I. Solve the unit conversion problem, identify whether the problem involves Metric-metric, English-English,
metric-English or English-metric.
1. Convert 6 L into mL.
2. Convert 5280 ft into mi.
3. Convert 8 mi into km.
4. Convert 21yd into cm.
5. Convert 215 m into inches.
6. Convert 32 dg into g.
7. Convert 5ft into cm.
8. Convert 5gal into qt.
9. Convert 20mi into cm.
10. Convert 1 gal into liter.
II. Arrange the following measurements in ascending order.
1. 70 liters, 125 pints, 20 galllons
2. 100 meters, 500 centimeters, 1 kilometr
3. 1 ft2,500 ๐๐2,10๐2
4. 16 oz, 0.5 ton, 100 dag
5. 1 yd, 4 ft, 40 in
III. Express the numbers in scientific notation and vice versa.
1. 0.0023
2. 0.258
3. 10,236
4. 14,000
5. 0.0000000036
IV. How many significant figures do the following numbers have?
1. 1234
2. 0.023
3. 890
4. 91010
5. 9010.00
6. 1090.0010
7. 0.00120
8. 3.4 ๐ฅ 104
9. 9.0 ๐ฅ 10โ3
10. 0.00030
Example: 1. Convert 12 cm into inches.
Answers:
1.1 12๐๐
1 ๐ฅ 1๐๐
2.54๐๐ = 4.7244๐๐
1.2 Metric-English
6. 4.36 ๐ฅ 102
7. 3.40 ๐ฅ 10^10โ5
8. 2.67 ๐ฅ 105
9. 1.45 ๐ฅ 10โ12
10. 5.02 ๐ฅ 10โ7
11. 9.010 ๐ฅ 10โ2
12. 1020010
13. 780
14. 1000
15. 918.010
16. 0.0001
17. 0.00390
18. 8120
19. 7.991 ๐ฅ 10โ10
20. 72
