Understanding Conversion Factors

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Even if you can write conversion factors and cancel units, that doesn't necessarily mean that you actually understand what you're doing. Here, we'll look at how conversion factors work and what the math means. You'll understand the unit conversions that you're working on, so you'll be able to look at the answer you get and decide whether it makes sense.

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You're an amazing teacher! I learned conversion in 10 minutes, and didn't grasp it in my hour and a half class in college..thank you!

[tdewitt]

Hey everyone, I'm here to help. If you have any questions or just want to learn more, click on the link in the description above. It'll take you to a page where you can ask me questions.

[tdewitt]

i'm rounding 22.526 to 2 significant figures because there are 2 sig figs in 23 km. it's very important to understand how to round with significant figures; you can watch my videos on that topic, starting with "significant figures made easy!"

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[thatgirlwhodidthething]

This will help you determine which goes in the numerator and whats the denominator:


What ever unit you want to get rid of, you put it in the denominator, and what ever unit you would like to end up with goes in the numerator.

So at 4:46 when it was


1ft
96in x = 8ft
12 in


The 1 ft went into the numerator because he wanted his answer to be in ft, and put the inches at the bottom because he didnt want his answer in inches. Thats how my Engineering teacher told us.


Hope that helped :)

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[lisabastian]

I love how Tyler explains the steps, breaking down the conversions. His instructions are easy to understand. I will be using his videos for all my math classes. Also, I wouldn't say I like conversions, but what I hate more are rounding numbers. Some things I can understand, and they click, but for some reason, I just can't grasp rounding. I will check out Tyler's video to help.

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[tdewitt]

The video you want is called "Unit Conversions with Area and Volume."

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