Measure the following lengths and volumes.

Write the measurements with correct

significant figures and units in the bottom right corner of each box.
1.

2.

3. 9.

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Complete the following conversions. Write your answer using correct significant
figures.
4. Convert 2,124 inches to meters.

5. Convert 112,433,328 cm to km.

6. Convert 120 minutes to hours.

7. Convert 34 meters/second to meters/hour.

8. Convert 81 km per hour (km/hr) to meters per second (m/s).

Answer the questions below based on each research question.

9. While watching skateboarders drop in to half-pipes of different heights, you

notice 2 things: 1) that different skateboarders on the same half-pipe can reach
different speeds by the bottom flat portion by using different drop in technique and
2) that the same skateboarder reaches faster speeds on higher half-pipes. You
decide to investigate “How does the height of a half-pipe affect the speed a
skateboarder reaches at the bottom flat portion of the half-pipe?”

a. What is the independent variable?

b. What is the dependent variable?

c. What are the controlled variables? (i.e. what must you keep constant?)

10. “How does the height of a crater formed by a falling rock depend on the
height from which the rock was dropped?”

a. What is the independent variable?

b. What is the dependent variable?

c. What are the controlled variables? (i.e. what must you keep constant?)

11. You test the thickness of different ropes to see how much tension they
can withstand before breaking.

d. What is the independent variable?

e. What is the dependent variable?

f. What are the controlled variables? (i.e. what must you keep constant?)
 Experimental Design
Four students wants to find out if Bleach X or Bleach Y is better at removing stains.

They plan to use two white shirts, stain each of them with mustard, and then wash
each of them using bleach. They can change the size of the stain on the shirt and the
amount of bleach they add to the water.

Each student does a separate experiment, as shown below:

A. Allan’s experiment: B. Betty’s experiment:

C. Cally’s experiment: D. David’s experiment:

12. Which student did their experiment correctly (A, B, C, or D)?

13. Pick one of the experiments above that you do NOT think is correct, and explain
to that student what is wrong with their experiment and what they should do to
improve it.

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Significant Figures
Target 1.08B - I can complete mathematical operations and retain the correct
significant figures with units.

Complete the following operations and write your answer with the correct number
of sig figs.
Answer (calculator or by Answer (sig figs)
hand)

14. 123 + 0.31

15. 23.4 x 2

16. 1,600 – 1,433

17. 1.065 + 0.21

18. 1320 / 11.0

19. 9.25 * 10

20. 9.25 * 10.00