Learning Outcomes
By the end of this section, you will be able to:
- Make unit conversions in the U.S. system
- Use mixed units of measurement in the U.S. system
- Make unit conversions in the metric system
- Use mixed units of measurement in the metric system
- Convert between the U.S. and the metric systems of measurement
- Convert between Fahrenheit and Celsius temperatures
Before you get started in this module, try a few practice problems and review prior concepts.
readiness quiz
Before you get started, take this readiness quiz.
- Multiply: [latex]4.29\left(1000\right)[/latex].If you missed this problem, review [link].
- Simplify: [latex]\frac{30}{54}[/latex].If you missed this problem, review [link].
- Multiply: [latex]\frac{7}{15}\cdot \frac{25}{28}[/latex].If you missed this problem, review [link].
In this section we will see how to convert among different types of units, such as feet to miles or kilograms to pounds. The basic idea in all of the unit conversions will be to use a form of [latex]1[/latex], the multiplicative identity, to change the units but not the value of a quantity.