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Dimensional Analysis Practice Problems-Try to fit all the work on this
page. Be sure to show all or your work & to put the correct units & BOX all answers! Be NEAT!!!!
Metric Conversions: Metric/English Conversions:
1. 3.5 m to cm 1. 500 km to miles
2. 10 kg to dag 2. 500 mile to km
3. 20 ml to L 3. 27 feet to inches
4. .00039 kg to g 4. .3 m to feet
5. 25 dL to daL 5. 340 cm to inches
6. .0005 L to kl 6. 790 inches to feet
7. 800,000,000 micro m to mm 7. 790 inches to cm
8. 250 mm to m 8. .045 kg to pounds
9. 2 Megabytes to Bytes 9. 450 grams to ounces
10. .000000908 grams to kg 10. 450 ounces to grams
11. 3000 cm3 to L
Multiple Step Conversions:
1. 8 miles to m
2. 500 inches to m
3. 3000 cm to feet
4. .005 km to feet
5. 5 miles to feet
6. 57 dag to ounces
7. 45 days to seconds
8. 35,000,000 mm to feet
9. 5 miles to mm
10. 5000 ml to quarts
11. 500ml to cm3
Multiple Unit Conversions:
1. 35 miles/hour to km/hour
2. 35 miles/hour to miles/second
3. 500 meters/hour to km/hour
4. 500 meters/hour to meters/second
5. 35 miles/hour to km/second
6. .05 miles/hour to cm/second
7. 35 g/l to g/cm3
8. 35g/l to g/fluid ounce
Temperature conversions
1. 0C to F
2. 100 C to F
3. 5000 F to C
4. 10,000,000 C to F
5. 32 F to C
Density Problems
1. If the mass is 452.1g and the volume is 292cm3, what is the density?
2. If the density is .45g/ml and the mass is 25g what is the volume?
3. If the density is .1 g/cm3 and the volume is 5 cm3 what is the mass?
4. If ethanol has a density of 0.785g/ml calculate the volume of 82.5 g of ethanol.
5. Mercury, the liquid metal used in thermometer, is very dense at 13.6g/cm3. What would be the
mass of 125ml of mercury?
Extra Problems:
1. There are 365 days/year, 24 hours/day, 12 months/year, and 60 minutes/hour. How many minutes
are there in one month?
2. There are 24 hours/day, 60 minutes/hour, 7 days/week, and 4 weeks/month. How many minutes
are there in one month?
3. Why are these answers different? Which (if either) is more correct & why?