Consistent units
What Consistent units means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definitions of Consistent units
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Reference: AQA
Ensuring units are consistent, for example converting minutes to seconds before multiplying by 1.5 m/s.
Keeping s in metres, v in metres per second and t in seconds, converting where necessary.
Topics that use Consistent units
- Speed (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Average speed
- Average speed in context
- Constant speed
- Distance
- Distance-time graph
- distance–time graph
- Equation rearrangement
- Estimation in physics
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