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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. Please note that this resource requires Flash.
This resource is part of 2 Physics Front Topical Units.
Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: Applying Measurement in Physics Converting between units doesn't have to be frustrating to your students. This tutorial, part of an award-winning collection, is the best we found for demonstrating how to use unit cancellation to solve problems involving unit conversions. Link to Unit:
Topic: Measurement and the Language of Physics
Unit Title: Dimensional Analysis Your students will need to understand how to cancel units before they can solve problems using dimensional analysis. Beginning with simple one-step conversions, it progresses to problems requiring multiple conversions. Students will like the informal writing style by the author, whose motto is "If I can do this stuff, then so can you!" Link to Unit:
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=9365">Stapel, Elizabeth. Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. February 6, 2008.</a>
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E. Stapel, Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units (2000), <https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm>.
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Stapel, E. (2008, February 6). Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm
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Stapel, Elizabeth. Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. February 6, 2008. https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm (accessed 13 December 2024).
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Stapel, Elizabeth. Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units. 2000. 6 Feb. 2008. 13 Dec. 2024 <https://www.purplemath.com/modules/units.htm>.
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Author = "Elizabeth Stapel",
Title = {Purplemath: Cancelling / Converting Units},
Volume = {2024},
Number = {13 December 2024},
Month = {February 6, 2008},
Year = {2000}
}
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