I used to do it this way in highschool, but could never remember if it was divide by or multiply by 3.6
Instead I now do it as you have shown, except it all goes in the same expression.
10 km/h * 1000 m/km * 1h/3600s = 2.778 m/s
No need for the extra steps. Slap it all in the same expression and put it in the calculator (being careful to check that the units cancel as intended)
M/s is faster (lower number) than km/h so… That should give you enough explanation to understand whether you need to divide or multiply 3.6 when converting.
Just divide by 3.6
Example:
10 km /h * 1000 m / km = 10,000 m /h
10,000 m/h * 1h/3600s = 10,000/ 3,6000 m/s = 10/3.6 m/s
I used to do it this way in highschool, but could never remember if it was divide by or multiply by 3.6
Instead I now do it as you have shown, except it all goes in the same expression.
10 km/h * 1000 m/km * 1h/3600s = 2.778 m/s
No need for the extra steps. Slap it all in the same expression and put it in the calculator (being careful to check that the units cancel as intended)
M/s is faster (lower number) than km/h so… That should give you enough explanation to understand whether you need to divide or multiply 3.6 when converting.
Shit like this is why we need metric time.
Shit like this is why metric needs to be replaced with a base12 system. Base10 is for children who still count on their fingers.
Dozenal for the win !!! It will never happen though, but dreaming is allowed
don’t speak like the french