Unit conversion and standard units
What Unit conversion and standard units means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Convert milliamperes to amperes and kilovolts to volts before substituting into the equation, keeping potential difference in volts and current in amperes.
Units are converted first, such as minutes to seconds and km/h to m/s, before substituting into the equation.
Converting time to seconds, for example multiplying minutes by 60, before substituting into the equation.
Topics that use Unit conversion and standard units
- Electrical charge and current (AQA GCSE)
- Power (AQA GCSE)
- Speed (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Rearranging equations
- Current
- Unit consistency in calculations
- Ammeter
- Ampere
- Average speed
- Average speed in context
- Charge flow
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