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    IGCSE Maths Unit Conversions

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    This document provides examples of unit conversions between various units of length, mass, area, volume, time, density, and other metric units. It includes conversions between meters, centimeters, kilometers, grams, liters, seconds, and other common metric units. It also includes examples involving density, pressure, force, and energy.

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    This document provides examples of unit conversions between various units of length, mass, area, volume, time, density, and other metric units. It includes conversions between meters, centimeters, kilometers, grams, liters, seconds, and other common metric units. It also includes examples involving density, pressure, force, and energy.

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    Unit conversions

    Length conversions:
    1. 0.084 km = _________________ cm
    2. 1.63 mm = __________________ m
    3. 2040 m = __________________ cm
    4. 0.0000000072 km = ______________mm

    Masses can be converted similarly:


    5. 0.528 kg = ___________________ g
    6. 454 mg = ___________________ kg
    7. 126000000g = ________________ mg

    Converting areas and volumes:


    8. 1.25 m2 = ________________ mm2
    9. 0.000616 km2 = ________________ m2
    10. 0.32 m2 = ________________ cm2
    11. 19200000 mm2 = ______________ km2
    12. 144 mm2 = ___________ cm2
    13. 9120 m2 = _______________ km2
    14. 576 cm3 = _________________ mm3
    15. 1.4 km3 = __________________ m3
    16. 0.00000052 km3 = _________________ mm3
    17. 36400000000 cm3 = __________________ m3

    It is given that 1 Litre = 1000 millilitre (mL) = 1000 cm3…...


    18. Convert quantities 14 and 15 into Litres.

    19. Convert quantities 16 and 17 into millilitres.

    For the following questions you may use a calculator.

    It is given that 3 feet = 1 yard and 1 foot = 12 inches = 30.48 centimetres......


    20. 1 meter equals how many feet? How many inches?

    21. A penalty kick in football is taken from 12 yards out. How long is that in metres?

    22. My apartment is 1200 square feet big. What is its size in square metres?
    The following questions involve conversions with time quantities.

    23. Convert 1 day into hours, minutes and seconds?

    24. A truck is travelling at 54 km / hour. Convert this into meters per hour?

    25. Convert 54 km / hour into km / minute?

    26. The world record for a 100m sprint is 9.58 seconds. Calculate the speed of the runner in m / s.

    27. Convert the speed of this runner into km / h.

    The following questions are about the density of a substance. It is given that density = mass divided by
    volume.

    28. A 500-gram sample of metal occupies 56.1 cm3. Find out its density in g / cm3?

    29. The density of petroleum is 0.66 g / cm3. How heavy is the petroleum in a 75-litre car tank?

    30. The density of liquid mercury is 13.6 g / cm3. Convert this into kg / m3?
    31. This question is about the use of metric multipliers

    109 meters = 106 seconds =

    103 g = 10–1 g =

    10–2 N = 10–3 J =

    10–6 m = 10–9 seconds =

    32. Convert the following units involving metric multipliers:

    10 kJ = .................... J 1.86 GN = ............................. N

    0.0563 grams = ............................ mg 2.4 × 10–4 m = ..................m

    1.89 × 1011 bytes = ..................... Gigabytes 442 nm = ........................ × 10.... m

    113.2 mg = .................... kg 51 × 10–5 grams = ............................. ng

    33. Pressure applications. It's given that 1 Pascal = 1 Newtons per 1 square meter.

    a) A 66–Newton force is applied over a 150 mm2 area. Calculate the pressure......
    in Newtons per mm2

    in Pascals

    b) Calculate the force experienced on the inner surface a balloon with a surface area of 1460 cm2
    and containing a gas which exerts 103 kPa on the surface. Give your answer in Newtons.

    34) Energy applications. It's given that a 1N force pushing/pulling an object for 1 meter will result in
    the object gaining 1 Joule of energy.

    a) A 0.85 kN force acts on a box over 40 cm. Calculate the energy gained by the box in Joules.

    b) A ant pushes a 260 g bread crumb for a distance of 14 mm. Calculate the energy given to the
    crumb in nano–Joules.

    c) A engine exerts a 7500 kN of force on the airplane for x kilometers. The plane gains 15.75 MJ of
    energy. Calculate the value of x.

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