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When you convert a larger unit of measurement to a smaller unit of measure do you multiply the smaller unit?
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What is the smaller unit of measure used the more precise the measurement what does this mean?
precision is taking place
Why does it make sense to divide when you convert a measurement to a larger unit?
Because when you convert to a larger unit, you know that you will wind up with less of them, and if you divide by a number greater than ' 1 ', then the quotient is always a smaller number than you started with.
How do you convert a given unit to larger unit and its answer?
You have to multiply by the conversation ratio.
Why dont scientist use centimeters when measuring cells?
Because cells are so much smaller. They have to break every centimeter down into even smaller units, often making to 1,000th or smaller to be able to measure them. It's similar if I were to ask you to measure one grain of sand and give me the measurement in cms! You wouldn't be able to because what you're measuring is too small to be measured in a unit that big by comparison.
What measurement system is gallons in?
The measurement system is in milliliters. Gallons are British (the Imperial system of measurement), or, slightly smaller, American. Gallons are not part of the metric system, thus are not measures in millilitres.
When you convert from a bigger unit to a smaller unit do you multiply or divide?
multiply
When you are changing a smaller unit of measurement to a larger unit of measurement do you multiply or divide?
divide
When converting a larger unit of measurement to a smaller unit you what?
Multiply
Do you multiply or divide to change from a larger unit to a smaller unit?
To convert from a larger unit to a smaller unit you would multiply. Ex: 5 km = 5000 m Where 1 km = 1000 m <><><><><> It depends on which factor you are multiplying or dividing by. It can go either way. To convert from ounces to grams, for instance, you can divide by 28.350, or you can multiply by 0.035273.
How is a unit of measure of area converted into a larger into a smaller unit?
you divide or multiply
Do you multiply or divide to get from feet to yards?
You will have to multiply since feet is smaller than yards. You can also get help from the related link, listed below:
What should you do if the specimen or object that you are measuring the length of is much smaller than the standard for length?
If the specimen you are trying to measure is shorter than the standard, you can use a different unit. After the measurement is completed, you can convert to the standard unit.
How do you convert kelvin to torr?
What a stupid question. You can't convert things that are units of completely different categories! Kelvin measures temperature while torr measures pressure. They are not related in any way that you can convert them!
When going from yards to inches do you multiply or divide?
Inches are the smaller unit so there will be more of them, thus to convert yards to inches multiply [by 36].
How do you convert bigger unit to smaller unit?
You multiply however many bigger units you have by the number of smaller units per bigger unit. For example: If you wish to convert 3 metres to centimetres then you multiply 3 by 100 (as there are 100 centimetres in a metre) to result in 300cm.
What is the smaller unit of measure used the more precise the measurement what does this mean?
precision is taking place
Is there a measurement smaller than a millimeter?
Of course there are. How else would you measure things smaller than a millimeter? There are Micrometers, nanometers, angstroms and picometers
