Dimensional Analysis

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If you would like to see a teacher in person, or you have tried to use this material and still have questions please visit the Learning Lab.  When you come to the Learning Lab for help, print this page.  It will help the math teacher to understand what you hope to learn.


Learning Lab and HFCC Resources:

Practice Problems and Answers

Modified Math 074 Lesson on Dimensional Analysis (October 2005) and Answers: This activity does a great job of helping pre-algebra students understand why dimensional analysis works.


Web Resources:

King and Wong have created a great practice site. It takes some work to learn how to use the controls at the website (Requires Shockwave plug-in).  Be certain to read the directions before starting.

Purplemath.com has a nice introduction to canceling units.

Texas A&M University's dimensional analysis page concludes with a short quiz.


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Last Edits 11/18/08
Jeff Morford