Unit conversion - practice problems - page 2 of 127
Other common SI unit conversions include:1 liter = 1000 milliliters
1 gram = 1000 milligrams
1 joule = 1 watt-second
1 newton = 1 kilogram-meter per second squared
In the SI system, units can be multiplied or divided by powers of ten to create larger or smaller units. These multiples are called prefixes.
Number of problems found: 2531
- Two trains 14
Two trains running in the same direction at 40kmph and 22kmph completely pass one another in 1 minute. If the length of the first train is 125m, find the length of the 2nd train.
- RT with rectangle
In the diagram, find the lengths h and b. One rectangle and one right triangle share one side. We know two angles and the length of the common side, as shown in the picture.
- A bike 2
A bike is running 72 km/hr. How much distance will it cover in 15 seconds?
- A train 4
A train passes two bridges of 400 m and 260 m in 25 sec and 18 sec, respectively. Find the length and speed of the train.
- A man 23
A man standing on the deck of a ship, which is 10 m above the water level, observes the angle of elevation of the top of a hill as 60°, and angle of depression of the base of the hill is 30°. Find the distance of the hill from the ship and the height of t
- Time and distance
A man walking at a speed of 4 km/h can reach a destination in 3 hours. If he increases his speed by 1 km/h, how much time will he save?
- Time interval
Find the time interval between 7:40 AM and 1 : 20 PM.
- Angle of elevation
The angle of elevation of the top of an unfinished pillar at a point 150 m from its base is 30°. If the angle of elevation at the same point is to be 45°, then the pillar has to be raised to a height of how many meters?
- The distance 4
The distance between two towns is 120 km there are approximately 8 km in each 5 mi. Which measurement is closest to the number of miles between each two towns?
- Two trains 12
Two trains 128m and 132m long are running towards each other on parallel lines at 42km/h and 30km/h respectively. In what time will they clear of each other from the moment they meet?
- Length measurement
Choose the measurement closest to 60 cm: ...
- Train stops
Without stoppages, the speed of a train is 150 km/h and with stoppages, it is 100 km/h. How many minutes, does the train stop? Solve for distance 300 km.
- The tent 3
The top of a 1.3 meters tall tent is tethered to the ground by a cable. The cable makes a 37 degrees angle with the ground. Find the cable length.
- A passenger
A passenger train, 150 m long, passes a railway platform, 200 m long, in 35 seconds. Find: 1) speed of the train in km/h 2) the time taken by the train to pass a man cycling in the direction of the train at the rate of 9 km/h.
- A thief
A thief is spotted by a policeman from a distance of 100 metres. When the policeman starts the chase, the thief also starts running. If the speed of the thief be 8 km/hr and that of the policeman 10 km/hr . How far the thief will have run before he is ove
- Water tank 12
A rectangular water tank is 5 m high, 3 m long, and 2 m wide. How many liters of water can it hold?
- An electrician 7
An electrician has to repair an electric fault on a pole 4 meters in height. He needs to reach a point 1 m below the top. What should be the length of the ladder that he could use, when inclined at an angle 60° to the horizontal?
- A train 2
A train 90 meters long is moving at speed 80 km/h overtakes a second train moving at 56 km/h in the same direction and passes completely in 25 1/2 seconds. Compute how long is the second train.
- Parallel tracks
Two trains cross each other in 14 seconds when running in opposite directions along parallel tracks. The faster train is 160 m long and crosses a lamp post in 12 seconds. If the speed of the other train is 6 km/hr less than the faster one, its length, in
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