unit conversion
Changing between scales
Unit conversion is the process of expressing a quantity in different units of measurement.
You convert miles to kilometers, Fahrenheit to Celsius, pounds to kilograms.
The underlying amount stays the same; only the scale changes.
The recipe called for grams, so I had to do a unit conversion from ounces.
- units of measureStandards for quantifying amounts
- metersMeasuring devices
- metric systemDecimal-based measurement standard
- kilogramsMetric mass units
- scientific notationNumbers times ten-powers
imperial system · scaling · gallon · fluid ounces · gram · ounce · seconds · liters · precision · watts · joules · parts per million · miles · degrees Celsius · degrees Fahrenheit · pounds · inches · speed of light
- measurementscales, gauging, balance, metering, gram
- conversionconverting, converts, encoding, decoding, transcoding
- practical mathpercentages, fractions, decimals, measurement, estimation
- unitsangstrom, yard, meter, base units, mile
- kitchen mathconversions, ratios, fractions, proportions, measurements
- Chemistry Calculationsstoichiometry, moles, balancing equations, balanced equation, chemical equation
mathematical precision
unit conversionestimation
Approximate value judgment
rounding · approximation · ballpark figure · rough calculation · guesswork
measurement standardization
unit conversionstandardized units
Established consistent measurement scales