Chapter 1 Practice Problems (with math), Chem 2A

Practice with Scientific Notation and Exponents

I. Fill in the table below:

# Size (small or large) vs Scientific Notation

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165.3 large 1.653*10^2
0.00047 small 4.7x 10^-4
large 6.2 x 1011
small 3.65 x 10-9
0.0000097621 small 9.7621 x 10^-6
large 7.62357 x 108

II. Perform the following operations:

1. (2.1x10-5) x (0.753x102) = 1.6 x 10^-3 2. (8.56x10-3) + (2.61x10-5)

= 8.59 x 10^-3

3. 5.3 x 10^2 4. = 1.4 x 10^3

Practice with Significant Figures and Rounding Off

I. How many significant figures in:

52.020 cm _______5__

0.025 L ______2___

50 grapes (counted) _____unlimited____

320 seconds (calculated) ______2___

-2 ______3___
1.00 x 10 grams

II. Express the following results to 2 significant digits using scientific notation:

1. 200,021 m ____________2.0 x 10^5 m____

2. 555 miles __________5.6 x 10^2 miles______

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 3. 0.000056723 L ___________5.7 x 10^-5 L_____
4. 4.37 dL __________4.4 dl______

III. Express the results of the following calculations to the proper number
of significant figures:

1. 1.23 cm + 56 cm + 22.1 cm = 79 cm 3. (200.1 in)(22.1 in)(0.56 in) = 2.5 x

10^3 in ^3

2. (3.2 + 0.12) = 0.026 4. (21.2)(2.54) = -0.9

(2.231)(56.21) (52.4 - 61)(2.66 + 4.3)

Practice with Conversion Factors and Units

I. Metric conversions

1. 325 cm = ? meters 3.25m 2. 2.5 um = ? mm 0.0025 mm

3. 0.067 cm = ? mm 0.07mm 4. 8.25 x 108 ng = ? mg 825 mg

II. Conversions between systems

1. 36.5 m = ? feet 119 feet 2. 2.56 qts. = ? L 2.423 L

3. 1.2 cups = ? dL 2.839 dl 4. 4.2 km = ? yds 4.5 yds

III. Temperature conversions

1. 26.2 K = ? ?C -246.95 c 2. 37.2 ?C = ? K. 310.35 k

3. 121.1 ?F = ? ?C 49.5 c 4. 350. ?C = ? ?F. 662 f

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5. Express 365 cm3 in the following units: mL, L, m3, gallons
365 ml
0.365 ml
0.000365 ml
0.0964 ml

Practice with Density Calculations

1) A student determines that the mass of a 20.0 mL sample of olive oil is 18.4 g.
What is the density of the olive oil in grams per milliliter?

18.4g/20.0ml= 0.920g/ml

2) If copper has a density of 8.96 g/cm3, what mass of copper would be needed to
make a cubic block 5.00 cm on a side?

1120 g

3) Illinois Smith, the Explorer Extraordinaire, finds a solid gold statue on one of his
expeditions into the jungles of South America. He measures its volume by
determining the amount of water it will displace and finds that it displaces 276.3
mL of water. How much is the gold in the statue worth if the current price of
gold is $972.40/oz and the density of gold is 19.32 g/cm 3?

V= 276.4 ml d= 19.32g/cm^3
=$183,099.52

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