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4 : PHYSICAL QUANTITIES

1.5 : WEIGHT AND MASS

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TEST YOURSELF 1 :
1. State 5 basic quantities with their basic
units

2. State the value of the following prefix :

a) micro
b) mili
c) mega
d) centi
 Prefixes are used to represent quantities
that are too large or too small.

 Example :

 100 000 Kg of sugar

 0.00000045 g of gold
 3 2
÷10 ÷10 ÷10

Km m cm mm
3 2
x10 x10 x10
 EXAMPLE 1 :
Write 3470 g with the kilo prefix
Step 1: Find out the numerical value for kilo
Step 2 : if the prefix has positive value :
move forward (to the left)

if the prefix has negative value :

move backward (to the right)
ANSWER 1 :
3470 g 3.47 kg
3 2 1

Step 1 : 3
Kilo prefix = 10
Step 2 :
positive value :
move FORWARD
(to the LEFT)
EXAMPLE 2 :

0. 8 5 m 85 cm
2 1
Step 1 : -2
centi prefix = 10
Step 2 :
negative value :
move BACKWARD
(to the RIGHT)
 1 2 3

3 21

654 3 21

1 2 3456

654 3 21
 TEST YOURSELF 2 :
Quantities Units SI units Standard form
measured

The mass of a 1335 000 g kg 1.335x106 kg

car
The size of a 0.3m m 3.0x10-7 m
virus
Duration of a 0.00001 s s 1.0x105 S
bomb explosion
The 40Mm m 4.0x107 m
circumference
of the earth
HOMEWORK
Write each of the following values in
prefix form.
 0.08 m (cm)
 6000g (kg)
 0.007 A (mA)
 5500 m (km)
 0.009 m (mm)