Thematic Unit Day 1 Some Crucial Units of Measurement Gallons Liters Litres is an alternate spelling Acre AcreFoot Dollars per Gallon DollarsGallon Dollars per Liter DollarsLiter ID: 929736
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Slide1
Unit Conversions
Desalination
Thematic Unit – Day 1
Slide2Some Crucial Units of Measurement
Gallons
Liters (
Litres
is an alternate spelling)
Acre
Acre-Foot
Dollars per Gallon (Dollars/Gallon)
Dollars per Liter (Dollars/Liter)
Slide3Gallons and Liters
Gallons are a unit of volume in the customary or English system of measurement.
Liters are a unit of volume in the metric system of measurement. In the metric system of measurement, the amounts of each smaller unit that equal a larger unit follow a pattern based on multiples of 10.
Slide4Converting Gallons Within Customary System
1 Gallon = 4 Quarts
1 Quart = 2 Pints
1 Pint = 2 Cups
1 Cup = 8 Fluid Ounces
Slide5Converting Liters Within the Metric System
1 Kiloliter = 1,000 Liters
1 Hectoliter = 100 Liters
1 Dekaliter = 10 Liters
1 Liter
= 10 Deciliters
1 Liter = 100 Centiliters
1 Liter = 1,000 Milliliters
Slide6General Rules – Converting Units in Same System
If you are converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit:
For example, going from quarts to gallons:
28 quarts = _____ gallons
Going from the given unit to the new unit, we are going to a
LARGER
unit……so it will take
LESS OF THEM
to make the same amount……we want our number to get smaller, so we divide. We divide by how many
Quarts
make a
Gallon
.
We divide by 4, so it is 7 gallons.
Slide7General Rules – Converting Units in Same System
If you are converting from a larger unit to a smaller unit:
For example, going from Liters to Milliliters:
24 Liters = _______ Milliliters
Going from the given unit to the new unit, we are going to a
SMALLER
unit……so it will take
MORE OF THEM
to make the same amount……we want our number to get larger, so we multiply. We multiply by how many
Milliliters
make a
Liter
.
We multiply by 1,000, so it is 24,000 milliliters.
Slide8Converting Units Between Systems
Since GALLONS and LITERS are members of entirely different systems of measurement, we have an approximate conversion of how many liters would be equal to one gallon.
Approximately 3.79 liters = 1 gallon.
We would convert between
LITERS
and
GALLONS
the same way we convert between units of the same system of measurement.
Slide9Converting Between Liters & Gallons
3.79 Liters ≈ 1 gallon
Let’s say we wanted to find out how many liters were in 58 gallons.
58 gallons = ___ liters
We are going to the
SMALLER
unit, so it will take
MORE OF THEM
. So we will want to
MULTIPLY
by the number of liters. So,
58 × 3.79 = 219.82
.
So, there are approximately 219.82 liters in 58 gallons.
Slide10Converting Between Liters & Gallons
3.79 Liters ≈ 1 gallon
Let’s say we wanted to find out how many gallons would be equal to 8,540 liters.
8,540 liters = ____gallons
We are going to the
LARGER
unit, so it will take
LESS OF THEM
. So we will want to
DIVIDE
by the number of liters. So,
8,540 ÷ 3.79 = 2,253.3, roughly
.
So, there are approximately 2,253.3 gallons in 8,540 liters.
Slide11Acres
An
ACRE
is a unit that is used to measure units of area, usually on land.
An
acre
is equal to
43,560 square feet
. The shape of the area or its dimensions do not matter, only the area of the space.
The most common dimensions of an acre are 660 feet × 66 feet……in other cases, this can be referred to as ‘
one furlong
×
one chain
’.
If we had an acre that was a perfect square, its dimensions would be approximately 208.71 feet × 208.71 feet; or often called 209 feet square.
Slide12Acre-Feet
An
ACRE-FOOT
is a shape that is a
rectangular prism
.
This rectangular prism would have bases that equaled one acre, and the depth would be
one foot
. Each of these diagrams represents an acre-foot.
208.71 feet
208.71 feet
1 foot
660 feet
66 feet
1 foot
Slide13For reference – ECMS field is about 2 acres!
Slide14Acre-Feet and Gallons
One Acre-Foot of Water is about 325,000 Gallons
325,000 Gallons = 1 Acre-Foot
____Gallons = 25 Acre-Feet?
186,875,000 Gallons = ____Acre-Feet?
One Acre-Foot of Water is about 1233.5 Cubic Meters
Slide15For reference - ECMS Field is about 2 acres.
Slide16Dollars per Gallon
It is stated that the average cost to turn 1 acre-foot of salt water into fresh water is $800 - $1,400. If 1 acre-foot is about 325,000 gallons of water, we can use this to find out a cost per gallon. I am using $1,100 as an average cost to convert 1 acre-foot of water.
1,100 dollars
325,000 gallons
= 1,100 ÷ 325,000 = 0.00338462 dollars per gallon
Slide17Cost to Convert Water
What if there were a need to convert 600 acre-feet of water? Let’s walk through the calculations: 1 acre-foot of water = 325,000 gallons.
600 × 325,000 = 195,000,000 gallons
If the average is $1,100 for 325,000 gallons, then we can multiply $1,100 x 600 to calculate the cost per acre-foot…..$1,100 × 600 = $660,000. It would cost a total of
$660,000
to convert this amount of water.
Slide18Dollars per Liter
Since we know that 1 Gallon is approximately 3.79 liters, if an amount given is in liters, divide by 3.79 to get gallons…….if it is in gallons and we need liters, we can multiply by 3.79!