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Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications

Product ID: 99564
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Undergraduate
High School

Keeping Dimensions Straight (UMAP)

Author: George E. Strecker


With this unit, the student will be able to: 1) distinguish between dimensions and units; 2) to algebraically manipulate dimensions and units; 3) to convert units; 4) to use dimensional arguments to properly set up solutions to problems and to recognize errors. Students will also become familiar with the metric system in this module.

Table of Contents:

1. INTRODUCTION

2. DIMENSIONS VERSUS UNITS

3. THE ALGEBRA OF DIMENSIONS AND UNITS

4. CONVERSION OF UNITS

5. USING DIMENSIONS TO SET UP PROBLEMS

6. MODEL EXAM

7. ANSWERS TO EXERCISES

8. ANSWERS FOR THE MODEL EXAM

©1981 by COMAP, Inc.
UMAP Module
21 pages

Mathematics Topics:

Algebra , Precalculus & Trigonometry

Application Areas:

Prerequisites:

Elementary high school algebra

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