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MEASUREMENTS,

FUNDAMENTAL AND DERIVED UNITS AND QUANTITY                          

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FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITY AND THEIR UNITS

There are 7 basic quantities and their units , often called International system (systeme international) of units or simply called SI units

Quantity

Units

Abbreviation

Mass

Time

Length

Temperature

Electric current

Luminous intensity

Amount of substances

Kilogram

Second

Metre

Kelvin

Ampere

Candela

Mole

kg

s

m

K

A

cd

mol

 

Multiple of units and sub-multiple of units (see table above)

 

EXAMPLES

1Kk= 1 Kilokelvin

= 1000kelvin

while  1Gm=1 Gigameter =1000000000meter

Meanwhile

1ns = 1 nanoseconds =0.000000001seconds

 

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