Learning Objectives
Units of Measurement
- Define units of length, weight, and capacity and convert from one to another.
- Perform arithmetic calculations on units of length, weight, and capacity.
- Solve application problems involving units of length, weight, and capacity.
Systems and scales of measurement
- Describe the general relationship between the U.S. customary units and metric units of length, weight/mass, and volume.
- Define the metric prefixes and use them to perform basic conversions among metric units.
- Solve application problems involving metric units of length, mass, and volume.
- State the freezing and boiling points of water on the Celsius and Fahrenheit temperature scales.
- Convert from one temperature scale to the other, using conversion formulas.