Question

When you convert 512 micrograms to grams, your answer will be

Answer 1

1 micogram would be your answer to this problem:)

Answer 2

It’s honestly so helpful to remember your prefixes! Micro is 10^-6. You always give the prefix the 1, and your new base unit the power!

512 micrograms | 10^-6 grams
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1 microgram

Now that we have canceled our micrograms, we are left with 512 * 10^-6 grams. We move the decimal six times to the left since it is a negative exponent. That gives you:

0.000512 grams!! Using my conversion cheat will help even if you’re adding multiple things together (but remember your sigfigs).