Dimensional Analysis
Apples sell for 86 cents for 2 pounds. How much do 3.2 pounds of apples cost?
$1.38
1st step in the process
Read the direction
convert "345 milliseconds" to "kiloseconds"
0.000345 Kiloseconds (ks)
What is the first thing you should do when you enter the room?
Put your phone in the phone wall/hotel/jail
What is the first step after reading the problem?
I should do what, to my given info?
Underline or Put the given info into a fraction!
ex: Given Info / 1
Gold costs $500 per ounce. A solid gold nugget is 23.5 ounces. How much is it worth?
$11,750
2nd step in the process
Look at notes
How many kilometers are there in 1,800,730 millimeters?
(1 km = 1000 m)
(1 m = 1000 mm)
1.8 km
What is the second thing you do once you enter the room?
Take out your supplies and begin working on the due now.
After underlining my given info or putting it into a fraction what is the next step?
Identify what is the unit that you want the answer to be in.
The new hybrid cars drive 325 miles on 5 gallons of gas. Calculate the gas mileage.
65 miles/gallon
3rd step in the process
ask a friend!
How many hours are 20,000 seconds?
5.6 hours
Before you go to bed what should you do with your chrome book?
plug it into the charger
After underling and circling your ending unit. What should you do?
Pick all the conversion factors that you will need to get from your starting point, to your ending point.
How many nickels are in 126 dollars?
(1 nickel = 5 pennies)
(100 pennies = 1 dollar)
2,520 nickels
What do you do if your first 3 steps don't help you
Ask Mr. Conklin
How many seconds are in a year?
31,557,600 seconds
When someone is sharing information such as answering a question or giving instruction what should you be doing?
Listening so the speaker does not need to repeat themselves and we show respect to those speaking.
When I want to eliminate/cross out a unit, how do I do that?
Ex: if the unit is on the top where do you need to put the unit next?
you need to put the unit diagonally across from the original unit.
Ex: on the bottom
Sarah can study 25 pages per night. Each page has three homework problems. If she studies for 3 nights how many homework problems will she do?
225 problems
Dr. Michael prescribes 300 mg a day of medicine to a patent. Each pill has 15 mg
of medicine. How many pills will the patient need for 7 days?
140 pills
How do we treat others in the classroom?
With Respect
1. What should my final answer (the number) have next to it?
2. What form should it be in?
1. A UNIT!!!!!
2. The final answer should be in decimal form