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Converting compound units [Maths problem]

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posted on 2025-07-02, 10:35 authored by Colin FosterColin Foster
<p dir="ltr">Students often get confused when working with different compound units - such as converting miles per hour to meters per second, says Colin Foster,<b> </b><b>In this lesson, students think systematically about how </b><b>to convert compound units.</b><br><br><b><u>The difficulty</u></b></p><p dir="ltr">Which is faster 30mph or 30m/s ? (continued in article)</p>

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  • Science

Department

  • Mathematics Education

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Teach Secondary

Volume

14

Issue

3

Pages

69 - 69

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Teach Secondary

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  • VoR (Version of Record)

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© Artichoke Media Ltd

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Reproduced with permission of the publisher

Publication date

2025-04-07

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2025

Language

  • en

Depositor

Dr Colin Foster. Deposit date: 2 April 2025

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