Chapter 1 - Measurement and Mathematics

Main Table of Contents

  0: Introduction
  1: The metric system and the Système International d’Unités
  2: Prefixes
  3: Scientific notation
  4: Standards and constants
  5: Length
  6: Time
  7: Mass
  8: Converting units
  9: Interactive problem: converting units
10: Dimensional analysis
11: Multiplying numbers in scientific notation
12: Dividing numbers in scientific notation
13: Adding and subtracting numbers in scientific notation
14: Sample problem: conversions
15: Interactive checkpoint: conversions
16: Interactive checkpoint: cheeseburgers or gasoline?
17: Pythagorean theorem
18: Trigonometric functions
19: Radians
20: Sample problem: trigonometry
21: Interactive checkpoint: trigonometry
22: Interactive summary problem: dock the shuttle
23: Gotchas
24: Summary

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