1. Solve:
(9.52 x 104) x (2.77 x 10-5)
(1.39 x 107) x (5.83 x 102)
2 How many significant figures are in the following?
(a) 5.71 x 1013 (b) 4.4 x 106
(c) 3 x 10-6 (d) 4.000 x 10-11
(e) 5.5550 x 10-3
3 Multiply these numbers, using the correct number of significant figures in your answer:
(a)3630.15 x 6.8
(b) 512 x 0.0081
(c) 5.79 X 1.85825 x 1.4381
4 For each of these, tell which figure is closest to the correct answer:
(a) A baseball bat has a length of 100 mm or 100 cm or 100 m
(b) A glass of milk holds 23 cc or 230 mL or 23 L
(c) A man weighs 75 mg or 75 g or 75 kg
(d) A tablespoon contains 15 mL or 150 mL or 1.5 L
5. Make the following conversions (conversion factors are given in Table 1.3):
(a) 42.6 kg to lb (b) 1.62 lb to g
(c) 34 in. to cm (d) 37.2 km to mi
(e) 2.73 gal to L (f) 62 g to oz
(g) 33.61 qt to L (h) 43.7 L to gal
(i) Ll mi to km (j) 34.9 mL to fl oz
6 Classify each of the following as a chemical or physical change:
(a) Burning gasoline
(b) Making ice cubes
(c) Boiling oil
(d) Melting lead
(e)Rusting iron
(f) Making ammonia from nitrogen and hydrogen
(g) Digesting food
7. Write out in full:
(a) 4.03 x 108 (b) 3.2 x 103
(c) 7.13 x 10-5 (d) 5.55 x 10-10
8. Multiply:
(a) (2.16 x 108) (3.08 x 1012)
(b)(1.6 x 10-8) (7.2 x 108)
(c) (5.87 x 1010) (6.6 x 10-27)
(d)(5.2 x 10-9) (6.8 x 10-18)
9. Divide:
(a) 6.02 x 1023 (b) 3.14
2.87 x 1019 2.93 x 10-4
(c) (d)
5.86 x 10-9 7.8 x 10-12
2.00 x 103 9.3 x 10-H
(e) 6.83 x 10-12
5.02 x 1014
10. Your car gets 25.00 miles on a gallon of gas. What would be your car's fuel efficiency in km/L?
11. The recommended pediatric dosage of Velosef is 'se. 20. mg/kg/day. What is the daily dose in mg for a child weighing 36 pounds? If the stock vial of Velosef is labeled 208 mg/mL, how many mL would be given in a daily dose?
12. The density of methanol at 20°C is 0.791 g/mL. as What is the mass, in grams, of a 280 mL sample?
13. You are waiting in line in a coffee shop. As you look at the selections, you see that the decaffeinated coffee is labeled "chemical-free." Comment on this label in light of the material in Section 1.1.