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    Physics Worksheet AS Level - Conversion

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    This document provides a table of common metric prefixes and their symbols and powers of ten multiples. It then gives examples of converting between units using these prefixes, including conversions between meters, kilograms, newtons, watts, joules, amps, hertz, and coulombs. It also explains how to carefully convert between square and cubic units like meters and centimeters due to the squares and cubes involved.

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    Physics Worksheet AS Level - Conversion

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    This document provides a table of common metric prefixes and their symbols and powers of ten multiples. It then gives examples of converting between units using these prefixes, including conversions between meters, kilograms, newtons, watts, joules, amps, hertz, and coulombs. It also explains how to carefully convert between square and cubic units like meters and centimeters due to the squares and cubes involved.

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    This document provides a table of common metric prefixes and their symbols and powers of ten multiples. It then gives examples of converting between units using these prefixes, including conversions between meters, kilograms, newtons, watts, joules, amps, hertz, and coulombs. It also explains how to carefully convert between square and cubic units like meters and centimeters due to the squares and cubes involved.

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    This document provides a table of common metric prefixes and their symbols and powers of ten multiples. It then gives examples of converting between units using these prefixes, including conversions between meters, kilograms, newtons, watts, joules, amps, hertz, and coulombs. It also explains how to carefully convert between square and cubic units like meters and centimeters due to the squares and cubes involved.

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    The key takeaways are how to convert between different units using prefixes like kilo, milli, micro etc. and how to be careful when dealing with squares and cubes.

    You can convert between units with different prefixes by using the powers of ten table provided to determine the multiple needed and then doing the calculation accordingly.

    To convert between area units like m^2 and cm^2, you square the conversion factor between the linear units since area is length squared.

    Conversion IGCSE

    Powers of Ten
    Common Name
    Symbol
    Prefix
    Multiple

    Billionth
    n
    Nano
    10-9

    Millionth Thousandth Hundred Thousand

    m
    c
    k
    Micro
    Milli
    Centi
    Kilo
    -6
    -3
    -2
    10
    10
    10
    103

    Million
    M
    Mega
    106

    Billion
    G
    Giga
    109

    This table shows the names of the most common prefixes we meet in physics.
    For example 1 kilometre is equal to 1 000 metres, and 1 microgram is equal to
    1/1000th of a gram. Use the table to convert the following.
    1. Convert the following into metres:
    a. 10 cm

    _____________________________________________

    b. 5 mm

    _____________________________________________

    c. 1 Mm

    _____________________________________________

    2. Convert the following into kilograms:


    a. 2000 g

    _____________________________________________

    b. 1 g

    _____________________________________________

    c. 3 mg

    _____________________________________________

    3. Convert the following into newtons:


    a. 2.3 kN

    _____________________________________________

    b. 20 GN

    _____________________________________________

    c. 300 mN _____________________________________________
    4. Convert the following into watts:
    a. 60 kW

    _____________________________________________

    b. 45 MW

    _____________________________________________

    c. 0.1 GW

    _____________________________________________

    5. Convert the following:


    a. 0.3 kJ into joules.

    ____________________________________

    b. 90 mA into amps.

    ____________________________________

    c. 800 kHz into hertz.

    ____________________________________

    d. 1 nC into coulombs.

    ____________________________________

    Trillion
    T
    Tera
    1012

    Conversion IGCSE
    Squares and Cubes
    The above method works perfectly for most of the situations we come across in
    physics. When we meet squares and cubes, however, we have to be careful.
    Example: How many square centimetres are there in one square metre?
    1m
    1m

    100 cm

    The box shows a 1 m x 1 m square, i.e. 1 m2.


    We know 1 m is equal to 100 cm, so the box is also
    100 cm x 100 cm, i.e. 10 000 cm2.
    Therefore, 1 m2 is equal to 10 000 cm2.

    100 cm
    6. Convert the following into square centimetres:
    a. 5 m2

    _____________________________________________

    b. 0.5 m2

    _____________________________________________

    7. Convert the following into square metres:


    a. 100 cm2 _____________________________________________
    b. 30 cm2

    _____________________________________________

    Example: How many cubic centimetres are there in one cubic metre?
    1m

    1m
    100 cm

    1m
    100 cm

    100 cm

    The box shows a 1 m x 1 m x 1 m cube, i.e. 1 m3.


    We know 1 m is equal to 100 cm, so the box is also
    100 cm x 100 cm x 100 cm, i.e. 1 000 000 cm3.
    Therefore, 1 m3 is equal to 1 000 000 cm3.

    8. Convert the following into cubic centimetres:


    a. 2 m3

    _____________________________________________

    b. 50 m3

    _____________________________________________

    9. Convert the following into cubic metres:


    a. 500 cm3 _____________________________________________
    b. 1 cm3

    _____________________________________________

    10. How many cubic millimetres would fit in 1 m3?

    Conversion IGCSE
    Powers of Ten
    Common Name
    Symbol
    Prefix
    Multiple

    Billionth
    n
    Nano
    10-9

    Millionth Thousandth Hundred Thousand

    m
    c
    k
    Micro
    Milli
    Centi
    Kilo
    -6
    -3
    -2
    10
    10
    10
    103

    Million
    M
    Mega
    106

    Billion
    G
    Giga
    109

    This table shows the names of the most common prefixes we meet in physics.
    For example 1 kilometre is equal to 1 000 metres, and 1 microgram is equal to
    1/1000th of a gram. Use the table to convert the following.
    1. Convert the following into metres:
    a. 10 cm

    0.1 m

    b. 5 mm

    0.005 m

    or 5x10-3 m

    c. 1 Mm

    1 000 000 m

    or 1x106 m

    2. Convert the following into kilograms:


    a. 2000 g

    2 kg

    b. 1 g

    0.000001 kg

    or 1x10-6 kg

    c. 3 mg

    0.003 kg

    or 3x10-3 kg

    3. Convert the following into newtons:


    a. 2.3 kN

    2300 N

    b. 20 GN

    20 000 000 000 N

    or 20x109 N

    c. 300 mN

    0.3 N

    or 300x10-3 N

    4. Convert the following into watts:


    a. 60 kW

    60 000 W

    or 60x103 W

    b. 45 MW

    45 000 000 W

    or 45x106 W

    c. 0.1 GW

    100 000 000 W

    or 1.0x108 W

    5. Convert the following:


    a. 0.3 kJ into joules.

    300 J

    b. 90 mA into amps.

    0.090 A

    or 90x10-3 A

    c. 800 kHz into hertz.

    800 000 Hz

    or 800x103 Hz

    d. 1 nC into coulombs.

    0.000 000 001 C

    or 1.0x10-9 C

    Trillion
    T
    Tera
    1012

    Conversion IGCSE
    Squares and Cubes
    The above method works perfectly for most of the situations we come across in
    physics. When we meet squares and cubes, however, we have to be careful.
    Example: How many square centimetres are there in one square metre?
    1m
    1m

    100 cm

    The box shows a 1 m x 1 m square, i.e. 1 m2.


    We know 1 m is equal to 100 cm, so the box is also
    100 cm x 100 cm, i.e. 10 000 cm2.
    Therefore, 1 m2 is equal to 10 000 cm2.

    100 cm
    6. Convert the following into square centimetres:
    a. 5 m2

    50 000 cm2

    b. 0.5 m2

    5 000 cm2

    7. Convert the following into square metres:


    a. 100 cm2 0.01 m2
    b. 30 cm2

    0.003 m2

    Example: How many cubic centimetres are there in one cubic metre?
    1m

    1m
    100 cm

    1m
    100 cm

    100 cm

    The box shows a 1 m x 1 m x 1 m cube, i.e. 1 m3.


    We know 1 m is equal to 100 cm, so the box is also
    100 cm x 100 cm x 100 cm, i.e. 1 000 000 cm3.
    Therefore, 1 m3 is equal to 1 000 000 cm3.

    8. Convert the following into cubic centimetres:


    a. 2 m3

    2 000 000 m3

    b. 50 m3

    50 000 000 m3

    9. Convert the following into cubic metres:


    a. 500 cm3 0.0005 m3

    or 5x10-4 m3

    b. 1 cm3

    or 1x10-6 m3

    0.000 001 m3

    10. How many cubic millimetres would fit in 1 m3?

    1000 x 1000 x 1000


    = 1 000 000 000 mm3

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