How to Convert Units of Measurement Reflectively

Question:

What are the steps to convert 8 millimeters to kilometers?

Answer:

The length of Donna's family hike is approximately 0.000008 kilometers.

To convert 8 millimeters to kilometers, we need to go through three conversion steps - first from millimeters to centimeters, then from centimeters to meters, and finally from meters to kilometers. Let's break it down:

Step 1: Convert millimeters to centimeters

Since there are 10 millimeters in 1 centimeter, we divide 8 millimeters by 10 to get 0.8 centimeters.

Step 2: Convert centimeters to meters

With 100 centimeters in 1 meter, we divide 0.8 centimeters by 100 to get 0.008 meters.

Step 3: Convert meters to kilometers

Knowing that there are 1000 meters in 1 kilometer, we divide 0.008 meters by 1000 to obtain 0.000008 kilometers.

Therefore, the length of Donna's family hike is approximately 0.000008 kilometers.

As for the mass of the baseball which is given as 144 without a specified unit, we cannot perform any conversion without additional information on the unit of mass.

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