Conversion Factors (Unit Factors)

English-to-English
1 foot = 12 inches
3 feet = 1 yard
5280 feet = 1 mile
1 gallon = 4 quarts
1 quart = 2 pints
1 pint = 16 ounces
1 ton = 2000 pounds

 

Pressure
1 atm = 760 torr (defined)
760 torr = 760 mm of Hg
1 atm = 14.70 lbs/in2 (psi)
1 atm = 1.01325 x 105 Pa
English-to-Metric
1 inch = 2.54 cm (defined)
1 pound = 453.6 grams
1 cal = 4.184 J (defined)
1.056 qts = 1 L
1 gal = 3.785 L
1 Å = 10-10 m
1 L·atm = 101.325 J

 

 

you should memorize everything with a

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Metric Prefixes
prefix name symbol multiplier
pico p 10-12
nano n 10-9
micro µ 10-6
milli m 10-3
centi c 10-2
deci d 10-1
kilo k 103
mega M 106
giga G 109
tera T 1012

 

 

* also refer to Appendix 1 in your book

Å is the symbol for an angstrom.