Activity 3.2 Unit Conversions
In activity 3.2 we spent two days learning about how to convert units. We learned how to not only convert units within the same measurement system but also to convert units from different measurement systems. For example in one problem we might've converted from kilograms to centigrams and in another we might've converted from meters to feet.
Conclusion Questions
1. Why would you have to know how to convert measurements when looking at a technical drawing? I would have to know how to convert measurements when looking at a technical drawing if the technical drawing wasn't drawn to scale. In that case I would to convert the measurements used for the technical drawing to realistic measurements which vary depending on what the technical drawing is for.
2. How can you use units help you solve a problem? I can use these units to help me solve a problem if I was traveling somewhere and I want to know the distance to my location in miles since all the road signs tell the distance in kilometers which could happen if I was in Europe or if I was building a model for some reason and I wanted to be to scale with object that the model was based on and in which case I convert the measurements used for the object to reasonable measurements for a model.
2. How can you use units help you solve a problem? I can use these units to help me solve a problem if I was traveling somewhere and I want to know the distance to my location in miles since all the road signs tell the distance in kilometers which could happen if I was in Europe or if I was building a model for some reason and I wanted to be to scale with object that the model was based on and in which case I convert the measurements used for the object to reasonable measurements for a model.