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Converting from centimetres to millimetres multiplies the value by 10, and converting from millimetres to micrometres multiplies it by 1,000.
One centimetre equals 10 millimetres and 10,000 micrometres, while one millimetre equals 1,000 micrometres.
1. Which set correctly groups the assessed science skills by subject?
2. A student has learned the key ideas on day one and is planning the second day of a two-day science revision plan. What should the student do next?
3. A specimen measures 4.2 cm. What is its length in millimetres?
Which science skills are assessed across biology, chemistry, and physics?
Biology variables, microscopes, magnification, investigation design and analysis, and graphs; chemistry apparatus, measurements, accuracy, reliability, formulae, balancing equations, and state symbols; and physics units, formulae, prefixes, rounding, and graphs.
By what factor do you multiply centimetres to convert them to millimetres?
10.
By what factor do you multiply millimetres to convert them to micrometres?
1,000.
How many millimetres equal one centimetre?
10 millimetres.
How many micrometres equal one centimetre?
10,000 micrometres.
How many micrometres equal one millimetre?
1,000 micrometres.
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