Question

How do I convert 1.2 x 10^-5kg into ng?

Answer 1

ng or mg?

Answer 2

ng

Answer 3

nice...nanograms

Answer 4

nano nano

Answer 5

i believe there are 1,000,000,000 ng in 1 gram
and there are 1000g in 1 kg

Answer 6

my god! if that's the case I'll never figure out this problem!

Answer 7

not at all...just count the zeroes
(1.2X10^-5)*(1x10^9)*(1X10^3)

Answer 8

I am still totally lost...

Answer 9

ok i just converted the numbers into scientific notation
a ng is much much smaller than a kg so we multiply to make our number bigger
(1.2X10^-5)kg * (1X10^3)g/kg * (1x10^9)ng/g = 1.2X10^7 ng

Answer 10

ohh okay!

Answer 11

i added the exponents to get the 7:
-5+9+3 = -5+12 = 7

Answer 12

Oh I understand

Answer 13

:)