6 Summary of Week 2

Now is a good time to revisit the learning outcomes for this week. Below is a summary of what you have covered.

• You have learned that all SI units are formed from seven base SI units.
• You have also looked at using order of magnitude to gain a rough idea of the size of a quantity.
• You have started to gain an understanding of logarithms.
• You considered the precision of measurements.
• You gained an understanding of rounding using significant figures.

The next week of this course looks at the power of algebra – a tool which enables generalisation.

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