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written by Elizabeth Stapel
This page contains a step-by-step tutorial in converting between units. It begins with one-step conversions, progressing to problems requiring multiple unit conversion. Areas of frequent student difficulty are given extra attention by the author, who presents the tutorial in an informal writing style designed to engage high school students.

This tutorial is part of an award-winning collection of free resources developed to promote understanding and confidence in algebra.

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Subjects Levels Resource Types
General Physics
- Measurement/Units
= Units and Dimensional Analysis
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
= Problem/Problem Set
= Tutorial
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- Learners
- General Publics
- text/html
- application/flash
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© 2000 Elizabeth Stapel, 2000
Keywords:
algebra tutorial, canceling terms, dimensional analysis, metric conversion, tutorial, unit cancellation, unit conversion
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Metadata instance created August 14, 2009 by Caroline Hall
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January 23, 2013 by Caroline Hall
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February 6, 2008
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E. Stapel, (2000), WWW Document, (https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm).
AJP/PRST-PER
E. Stapel, Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units (2000), <https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm>.
APA Format
Stapel, E. (2008, February 6). Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm
Chicago Format
Stapel, Elizabeth. Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. February 6, 2008. https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm (accessed 25 April 2024).
MLA Format
Stapel, Elizabeth. Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. 2000. 6 Feb. 2008. 25 Apr. 2024 <https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Elizabeth Stapel", Title = {Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {25 April 2024}, Month = {February 6, 2008}, Year = {2000} }
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%A Elizabeth Stapel %T Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units %D February 6, 2008 %U https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm %O text/html

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%0 Electronic Source %A Stapel, Elizabeth %D February 6, 2008 %T Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units %V 2024 %N 25 April 2024 %8 February 6, 2008 %9 text/html %U https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm


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