You can easily convert common units and measures electronically, but you still should be able to use a conversion table, such as those in appendix . The table given below is a part of a conversion table for a system of volume measures once common in Spain, a volume of fanega is equivalent to (cubic decimeters). To complete the table, what numbers (to three significant figures) should be entered in the cahiz column the fanega the cuartilla column and the almude column, starting with the top blank? Express almudes in medios cahizes and cubic centimeters .
Cahiz
fanega
cuartilla
almude
medio
1 cahiz
1
12
48
144
288
1 fanega
1
4
12
24
1 cuartilla
1
3
6
1 almude
1
2
1 medio
1
Important Questions on Measurement
A cubical object has an edge length of . If a cubical box contained a mole of cubical objects, find its edge length. (one mole)
Three digital clocks , and run at different rates and do not have simultaneous readings of zero. The figure shows simultaneous readings on pairs of the clocks for four occasions. (At the earliest occasion, for example, reads and reads .) If two events are apart on clock , how far apart are they on the clock and clock ? When clock reads , what does clock read? When clock reads , what does clock read? (Assume negative readings for pre-zero times.)
