LABM 429 Foundations of Medical Laboratory Science

LAB MATH ASSIGNMENT

NAME:___Pearl Woo_____________________
SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

1. Express the following as either whole numbers or exponential expressions.

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a. 10 = 1,000,000 b. 0 . 001= 10^-3

2. Convert the following numbers to either standard notation or scientific notation.

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a. 0 . 0056×10 = b. 0 . 078=

MEASUREMENTS

3. Fill in the following conversions:

a. 10 g = mg = ng = _ g

b. 2.5 L = mL = L= nL

LOGS AND ANTILOGS

4. Use a scientific calculator to find the log or antilog of the following numbers.

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a. Log of 9 . 04×10 b. Anti-Log of 4. 8999
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ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSIONS

5. Solve the following equations; that is, find the value of X. Pay attention to the
units, if present.

0.45g 25cm
=
2 X=14 X 50g
a. b.

6. The cost of a particular reagent is $150 for the first 100 mg and $10 for every
additional 10 mg. If the total cost of an order is $250, how many mg were
ordered?

RATIOS AND PROPORTIONS

7. How much ethanol is present in 200 mL of a 25 % solution of ethanol?

8. The density of glycerol at 20oC is 1.26 g/mL. What is the volume of 87.0 g of
glycerol?

CONCENTRATION EXPRESSIONS

9. A mole is an expression of amount. If the concentration of a solute in a

solution is 2.00 X 10-3 moles/liter, how many moles are there in 500 mL of this
solution?

10. Molarity is an expression of concentration. The MW of NaCl is about

58.4g. Therefore, to make a 1 molar (that is, a 1 M) solution of NaCl, you
take 58.4 g of NaCl, dissolve it in water, and bring the final volume to 1 L.

If you add 29.2 g of NaCl to a total volume of 1 L, what is the final concentration
of NaCl in the solution?
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DILUTIONS Courtesy of www.uvm.edu/~btessman/calc/calc1a.html

11. You need to make a 1:5 dilution of a solution. You need 10 ml of the diluted
solution. How much initial sample and diluent should you use?

12. You have a 10x TBE buffer. To run a gel, you need 500 ml of a 2x solution of
TBE. How do you make a 500 ml solution of 2x TBE buffer from the 10x
buffer?
10(x) + 2 (500 )
10x = 1000
X = 100 ml
500-100 = 400 ml

BASIC STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

13. Calculate which of the two instruments listed below has better performance using
%CV. Show your work. (2 points)

Instrument “A”: Mean= 147.32; SD= 394

Instrument “B”: Mean= 45.8; SD= 12.9

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LABM 429 Foundations of Medical Laboratory Science

LAB MATH ASSIGNMENT

GRAPHING AND LINEAR EQUATIONS

14. For each graph, describe in words the relationship that is displayed.
1 a.
Substrate

Tim e

1 b.
Number of Cells

Time

a.

b.

15. A table showing values for the equation Y = 3X + 1 is shown below. Fill in the
blanks in the table, and then plot the equation. (2 points)

X Y
-5
-2
0 1
2
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16. Draw the line that goes through the point (-1, 4) and has a slope of -1.25. Clearly mark
the intercepts. (2 points)