Numbers as Units (Units: A Unit Conversion Program and Scientific Calculator)

### 5.3 Numbers as Units ¶

For `units`, numbers are just another kind of unit. They can appear as many times as you like and in any order in a unit expression. For example, to find the volume of a box that is 2 ft by 3 ft by 12 ft in steres, you could do the following:

    You have: 2 ft 3 ft 12 ft
    You want: stere
            * 2.038813
            / 0.49048148

    You have: $ 5 / yard
    You want: cents / inch
            * 13.888889
            / 0.072

And the second example shows how the dollar sign in the units conversion can precede the five. Be careful: `units` will interpret ‘`$5`’ with no space as equivalent to ‘`dollar^5`’.