International System of Units
Practice
practice problem 1
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practice problem 2
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practice problem 3
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practice problem 4
- 10−15 boy =
- 10−12 door =
- 101 cards =
- 10−6 fish =
- 1021 piccolos =
- 2 × 103 mockingbirds =
- 106 pains =
- 101 millipedes =
- 1012 microphones =
- 1012 pins =
- 101 rations =
solution
Here are the answers. Since some of the words are obscure, especially for non-native speakers of English, I've added definitions.
10−15 boy = 1 attoboy
attaboy: an informal expression of praise or encouragement; derived from the phrase "that a boy"10−12 door = 1 picodoor
picador: a horseman in a bullfight who jabs the bull with a pike to weaken it (please don't do this)101 cards = 1 dekacard
deck of cards (paid link): a set of playing cards; also called a pack of cards, but that doesn't work as a joke10−6 fish = 1 microfish
microfiche: a small sheet of film on which many pages of printed material have been photographed1021 piccolos = 1 gigalo
gigolo: a young man supported financially by an older woman in return for sex2 × 103 mockingbirds = 2 kilomockingbird
To kill a mockingbird: a 1960 novel by the American author Harper Lee106 pains = 1 megahertz
mega hurts: not to be confused with a Hertz donut101 millipedes = 1 centipede
centipede: a multi-segmented, predatory arthropod with one pair of legs per segment1012 microphones = 1 megaphone
megaphone: a funnel shaped device for amplifying the human voice1012 pins = 1 terapin
terrapin: a name applied to several different species of turtle101 rations = 1 dekaration
decoration: a word in English you should not need a definition for