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CHEM

 101  STEC  Fall  2017  


Worksheet  Week  3  
Pre-­‐discussion  questions.  Attempt  these  before  coming  to  discussion!  
1.  In  each  situation,  describe  the  data  as  Accurate/Inaccurate,  and  Precise/Imprecise    
a.  3  groups  of  students  measure  the  mass  of  a  product  from  the   A        Ina  
same  chemical  reaction.  The  groups  recorded  data  of  8.83  g,  8.84   P        Imp  
g  and  8.82  g.  The  known  mass  of  the  product  from  that  reaction  is  
8.60g.  The  group  values  are:      
b.  An  engineer  measures  the  length  of  a  rod  four  times  and  get   A        Ina  
the  following  values:  317.6  cm,  298.2  cm,  302.2  cm,  and  280.6   P        Imp  
cm.    The  manufacture  lists  the  true  value  as  300.0  cm.  The  
engineer  is:  
 
2.  Read  the  volume  from  this  example  of  a  graduate  cylinder  above.  Report  the  correct  number  
of  significant  figures.  The  units  are  ml.    
 
Methods  of  Measurements  (2.1)  
In  the  following  statement,  circle  all  words,  values,  and  units  associated  with  extensive  
measurements  and  underline  all  of  those  associated  with  intensive  measurements.  You  do  not  
need  to  do  the  calculation  requested.    
3. As the temperature of water decreases, the volume of a sample will decrease until a
temperature just above the temperature of the freezing point, 273 K.
4.  Below  are  a  set  of  measurements.  Identify  the  type  of  measurement  and  the  number  of  
significant  figures.  
 
17.25  cm   0.00068  pm  
2.83  µL   1480000  cm3  
32.400  kg   3600  seconds  
 
Discussion  questions.  The  following  questions  will  be  done  during  discussion.
5.  Solve  each  of  the  problems  below.  Show  the  calculated  answer  (exactly  what  your  calculator  
says!)    and  then  round  each  answer  to  the  correct  significant  figures.  
  Calculated   Rounded  
 
(0.46307)(0.0805)
   
(63.54)(0.052)(2.809)

 
752.12 + 26.3
   
1.024236842
 
15.3(0.1296 + 0.549)
   
1.2
 
 
CHEM  101  STEC  Fall  2017  
Worksheet  Week  3  
 
6.  NWUAM!*  Solve  these  problems,  rounding  to  the  correct  significant  figures.  Take  a  shot  at  
what  would  happen  with  the  units!  
 
0.0045  cm  +  1.0098  cm  +  0.987  cm  +  23.08  cm  
 
 
2.703  𝑔
 
(1.376  𝑐𝑚  ×  2.45  𝑐𝑚  ×  3.78  𝑐𝑚)
 
 
7.  (M.1)  Algebraic  Expressions:      
 
Rearrange  the  equation  𝐺 = 𝐻 − 𝑇𝑆      to  solve  for  T.  
 
 
 
!
Rearrange  the  equation  𝑃𝑉 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇      to  solve  for  R.      (Challenge:  can  you  solve  it  for    !?)  
 
 
 
8.  Magnesium  has  three  natural  isotopes.  Given  the  mass  and  percent  abundance  of  each  
isotope,  determine  the  atomic  mass.  Confirm  your  answer  by  consulting  a  periodic  table.  
 
Isotope   Mass  (amu)   %  Abundance  
24
Mg   23.985   78.99%  
25
Mg   24.986   10.00%  
26
Mg   25.983   11.01%  
 
 
 
 
9.  (M.2  Direct  Proportions)  Determine  the  ration  that  can  be  derived  from  the  following  
statements.  
a)  The  production  of  nitrogen  is  190  %  of  the  production  of  ammonia.  A  lot  of  nitrogen  is  
produced  but  not  used  in  making  ammonia.    
 
 
b)  There  are  very  small  amounts  of  many  different  elements  in  the  body,  including  3  ppm  
selenium.    
 
 
c)  Online  courses  currently  account  for  2%  of  all  course  enrollments  at  an  area  college.    

 
*Numbers  without  units  are  meaningless!  

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