The number reads both ways. A stated current gives the charge passing a point each second. A counted charge each second gives the current.
The current in a toaster's heating wire is 7 A. How much charge passes a point in the wire each second?
Write down the fact:
1 A means 1 C of charge passing a point each second.
Apply it to 7 A:
7 A means 7 C passing the point each second.
7 C of charge pass the point each second.
At one point in a doorbell wire, 1.5 C of charge pass each second. What is the current?
Write down the fact:
The current in amperes equals the charge in coulombs passing a point each second.
Read the value:
1.5 C passing each second is a current of 1.5 A.
The current is 1.5 A.
Which quantity does an electric current measure?
A space heater's wire carries a current of 4 A. Enter the charge, in coulombs, that passes a point in the wire each second.
At a point in a desk fan's wire, 1.2 C of charge pass each second. Enter the current, in amperes.
A current of 6 A flows in a wire. Which statement says what that means?
An aquarium pump's cord carries 0.8 C past a point each second. Enter the current, in amperes.
Which pairing of a current and the charge passing a point each second is correct?