1.2 measurements

Question 1

How would you convert 1.7 g to milligrams?

Answer 1

Multiply by 10^3, the answer is 1700

Question 2

How would you convert 1.7 g to kilograms?

Answer 2

Multiply by 10^-3, answer is .0017

Question 3

What does volume measure?

Answer 3

Amount of space an object takes up

Question 4

What does mass measure?

Answer 4

the amount of matter in an object

Question 5

How do you calculate mean?

Answer 5

add all data in the set together, and divide that number by how many numbers there are in the set

Question 6

How do you calculate median?

Answer 6

Find the middle of the data set when put into order from smallest to largest

Question 7

What does a straight line going up mean in a graph?

Answer 7

Direct relationship

Question 8

Find the variance of the data set 26,20,14,18,22

Answer 8

The variance is 16

Question 9

What does the independent variable do?

Answer 9

The independent variable is what is changed in order to measure the effect it has on the dependent variable

Question 10

How much is a pico compared to a base unit?

Answer 10

1/1000000000 of a base unit