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Significant Figures

Name Period

Worksheet 4

1. How many significant figures are there in each of the following quantities?

a. 20 miles d. 0.010 s g. 8.9 x 10-2 kg

b. 0.0051 g e. 90.4oC h. 0.00900 L

c. 11 m f. 404 people i. 22,000 s

2. Round each of these measurements to three significant figures.

a. 98.473 L c. 57.048 m e. 0.0074983 x 104 mm

b. 0.0076321 cg d. 12.17 oC f. 1764.9 ml

3. Write each of the rounded measurements in problem 2 in scientific notation.

a. ___________ c. __________ e. __________

b. ___________ d. __________ f. __________

4. Round off the following numbers to the number of significant figures indicated.

a. 1.034 g (2 sig fig) c. 0.000062 L (2 sig fig) e. 739.51 ml (3 sig fig)

d. 1.549 mm (1 sig fig) f. 82.000 kg (1 sig fig)


b. 40.06 s (3 sig fig)

5. Express the following calculations in the proper 6. Express the following calculations in the proper
number of significant figures and units. number of significant figures.

a. 129 g / 29.2 cm3 a. 22 g + 14.3 g + 97.03 g


b. 0.098 m / 45.4 s2 b. 34.66 cm + 19.1 cm
c. 1.551 m x 3.260 m c. 84.239 ml - 77.8 ml
d. 60 cm x 11111 cm d. 5.999 g – 4 g
e. 3.02 mm x 500.0 mm x 0.0023 mm e. 71.6 K + 45.32 K - 6.2 K
7. Water with a mass of 35.4 g is added to an empty flask with a mass of 87.432 g. The mass of the flask and the
water is 146.72 g after a rubber stopper is added. Express the mass of the stopper to the correct number of
significant figures.

8. A student measures the mass of an object to be 195.3 grams using an electronic balance. When placed in a
graduated cylinder, the object displaced 9.9 ml of water. What is the density of the object?

9. What is the volume of a glass cylinder with an inside diameter of 6.0 cm and a height of 28
cm? (The volume of a cylinder equals pi x radius squared x height)
Metric Unit Conversions and Dimensional Analysis

Name Section

Worksheet 5

1 km = 1000 m 1 kg = 1000 g 1 L = 1000 mL Kelvin = oC + 273


1 m = 10 dm 1g= 10 dg 1 ml = 1 cm3
100 cm 100 cg
1000 mm 1000 mg
1 x 106 µm 1 x 106 µg
1 x 109 nm 1 x 109 ng

Convert the Following Units: Show All of Your Work (Use Dimensional Analysis)
63 m → km

0.885 m → mm

98.33 kg → g

89 cm → m

450 mL → L

36 oC → K

6.3 x 103 mg → g

0.049 L → mL

423 K →oC
1. List the SI base unit for each of these quantities.

a. time c. temperature

b. length d. mass

2. Which would melt first, germanium (m.p. 1,210 K) or gold (m.p. 1,064 oC)?

3. A quarter has a mass of about 5.65 g. Express this mass in milligrams, kilograms and micrograms.

4. Write the following numbers in scientific notation.

a. 0.123
d. 1,000,000
b. 25,004
e. 0.00493
c. 0.00078

5. Which is larger?

a. __________ or 1 milligram d. 1 millisecond or ___________

b. __________ or 1 centiliter e. 1 microliter or ____________

c. 1 calorie or ___________ f. 1 cubic millimeter or


________

6. Make the following conversions.

a. 0.44 ml/min to microliters per second

b. 7.86 g/cm2 to milligrams per square millimeter

c. 1.54 kg/L to grams per cubic centimeter

7. A tank measuring 28.6 cm by 73.0 mm by 0.72 m is filled with olive oil that has a mass of 1.38 x 104 g.
What is the density of olive oil in kilograms per liter?
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