09.16.14 Day 16 More Dimensional Analysis problems€¦ · Title: Microsoft Word - 09.16.14 Day 16...
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(More) Dimensional Analysis (Unit Conversion) Practice Problems NOT SPICY 0. Former Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming is about 7.5 feet tall. What is his height in inches? (Hint: there are 12 inches in every foot) What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? Solve for the final answer! MILD 1. A cake needs 225 grams of sugar. There are 2 cups of sugar per pound. In one pound there are 453.6 grams. How many cups of sugar are needed per cake? What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? What conversion factors do you see? Set up those conversion factors in fraction form and solve for the raw answer! MEDIUM 2. A car is traveling at 65 miles/hr. How fast is it traveling in meters per second? (Hint: 1 meter = 3.3 feet 1 mile = 5,280 feet) What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? What conversion factors do you see? Set up those conversion factors in fraction form and solve for the raw answer! Name______________________________ Period ______ Date____________ STAMP STAMP In order to get a stamp for the question, everyone at your table must have the work for the question filled out! Be a hero (or villain) and help your tablemates out! STAMP SPICY question on the back
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(More) Dimensional Analysis (Unit Conversion) Practice Problems
NOT SPICY 0. Former Houston Rockets basketball player Yao Ming is about 7.5 feet tall. What is his height in inches? (Hint: there are 12 inches in every foot) What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? Solve for the final answer!
MILD
1. A cake needs 225 grams of sugar. There are 2 cups of sugar per pound. In one pound there are 453.6 grams. How many cups of sugar are needed per cake? What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? What conversion factors do you see?
Set up those conversion factors in fraction form and solve for the raw answer!
MEDIUM 2. A car is traveling at 65 miles/hr. How fast is it traveling in meters per second?
(Hint: 1 meter = 3.3 feet 1 mile = 5,280 feet) What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? What conversion factors do you see? Set up those conversion factors in fraction form and solve for the raw answer!
Name______________________________ Period ______
Date____________
STAMP
STAMP
In order to get a stamp for the question, everyone at your table must have the work for the question filled out! Be a hero (or villain) and help your tablemates out!
STAMP
SPICY question on the backà
SPICY 3. My neighbor has an automatic sprinkler system for his front yard. It is activated for 10 minutes
each of 2 daily sessions. The sprinkler system features 10 sprinkler heads, each of which provides 1.5 gallons of water per minute. How many gallons of water is the neighbor using per 30 day billing cycle? (Multiply it out and find the final answer!)
What units should your final answer be in ___________________________? What conversion factors do you see? Set up those conversion factors in fraction form and solve for the final (not raw) answer!
STAMP
