Chapter 4 Measurement and energy Test A

Section I — Multiple choice

1. Convert 2500 millilitres to kilolitres.
A 0.0025 kL B 2.5 kL C 2 500 000 kL D 2 500 000 000 kL

2. Convert 67 kilometres to centimetres.

A 0.00067 cm B 0.067 cm C 6 700 cm D 6 700 000 cm

3. A piece of cabling sells for $2.14 per metre. Sienna bought 1020 cm of cabling. What is the cost?
A $0.47 B $0.48 C $21.82 D $21.83

4. Evaluate (7.5 × 107) × (2 × 104)

A 1.5  10 B 1.5  10 C 1.5  10 D 1.5  10
11 12 14 28

5. The number of significant figures in the number 0.00501 is:

A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5

6. What is 536 000 written with two significant figures?

A 53 B 54 5 D 540 000
C 5.36 ´ 10

7. Express 0.000 004 560 78 correct to two significant figures.

A 0.0 B 0.1 C 0.000 004 5 D 0.000 004 6

-2 -1 -2
8. Arrange the numbers 5.9 ´ 10 , 5.0 ´ 10 and 6.7 ´ 10 in ascending order.
-2 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2
A 5.9 ´ 10 , 6.7 ´ 10 , 5.0 ´ 10 B 5.0 ´ 10 , 5.9 ´ 10 , 6.7 ´ 10
-2 -2 -1 -1 -2 -2
C 6.7 ´ 10 , 5.9 ´ 10 , 5.0 ´ 10 D 5.0 ´ 10 , 6.7 ´ 10 , 5.9 ´ 10

9. Michelle uses a 600 W microwave for a total of 25 hours during the week. What is the cost of using
the microwave for a week if electricity is $0.2248 per kWh?
A $2.36 B $3.37 C $23.60 D $33.72

10. Alexander uses a 1.8-kilowatt clothes dryer for a total of 4 hours. He is charged at a rate of 24.65
cents per kilowatt. What is the cost of using the clothes dryer?
A $0.44 B $1.77 C $7.20 D $177.48

11. Emma received her natural gas account. She is charged 2.892 cents per MJ for the first 5000 MJ and
1.864 cents per MJ for any other usage. What is cost if she used 7450 MJ of natural gas?
A $134.87 B $190.27 C $283.47 D $215.45

Section II — Short answer

1. Jack completed 15 laps of a 400 m athletics track. How many kilometres did he run?
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2. The length of a pencil is exactly 8 cm. Emma measured the pencil to be 8.1 cm.
a What is the absolute error for Lily’s measurement?
b What is the percentage error for Lily’s measurement? (Answer correct to 2 decimal places).

3. Write these numbers in scientific notation correct to two significant figures.

a 4610 b 0.007867 c 598 000 000 000

4. Evaluate the following

2
a (3.9  ) 6 8
c (3.8  )  (2.3  )
6 2 6

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b 3 

5. Determine the cost of running the following appliances if the average peak rate for electricity is
$0.20/kWh.
a A washing machine with an energy consumption of 620 kWh per year.
b A 2.8 kW fan heater for four hours.
c A 120 W light bulb for a year.

6. A solar PV system exports 7.8 kWh per day of energy to the grid. An energy retailer pays $0.08 per
kWh for energy. What is the expected saving from the solar PV system for the year?

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