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LECTURE ACTIVITY 1.1:

PHYSICAL QUANTITIES
A. Scientific Notation
Write each measurement in scientific notation.
1) 35300 m 9) 92100 L
2) 0.000084 mm 10) 700000 kg/m2
3) 9000 A 11) 9.03 MΩ
4) 20 km 12) 0.000056 MJ
5) 0.0002 kg 13) 4.12 h
6) 160 Pa 14) 0.66 days
7) 5300000 Ω 15) 0.000047 V
8) 50000 kPa

Express each of the following measurements in standard form:

1. 8.2 x 103 A 9. 5.424 x 102 m/s
6
2. 1.5 x 10 mm 10) 1.92 x 102 h
7
3. 1.775 x 10 mA 11) -4.29 x 105 m/s2
4. 7.065 x 10-5 kg 12) 3.51 x 10-7 m3
-8
5. 8.900 x 10 kg 13) -2.23 x 10-4 m/s
6
6. 3.86 x 10 ml 14) 2.30 x 104 km
7. 6.892 x 10-3 L 15) 1.76 x 10-3 m
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8. 9.035 x 10 V

B. Significant Figure
Write the number of significant figures in each measurement.

1) 956 mm _____ 9) 650. g _____

-4 2
2) 2.1390 ml _____ 10) 4.150 x 10 m/s _____
3) 4390 kg/m3 _____ 11) 3670000 mA _____
4) 0.500 C _____ 12) 0.0000620 _____
5) 500 L _____ 13) 96 N _____
6) 5.9 x 104 A _____ 14) 678.02400 km _____
7) 0.40001 m/s _____ 15) 30000 min _____
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8) 1.7 x 10 cm _____
Perform the operations below and express the answer in the correct number of significant
figures.
1) 32.567+135.0 + 1.4567 = 6) 81.04 x 0.010 =
2) 246.24+238.278+ 98.3 = 7) 6.47 x 64.5 =
3) 658.0+23.5478+1345.2 = 8) 42.00 / 6 =
4) 23.7 x 3.8 = 9) 1.678 / 0.42 =
5) 45.76 x 0.25 = 10) 28.367 / 3.74 =
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C. Unit Conversion

Convert the following:

1. 25 km/h to m/s
2. 35200 m to km
3. 650 kJ to J
4. 325 m2 to mm2
5. 90 lbs to kg
6. 1.33 kg/m3
7. 10000 mA to A
8. 365.25 days to min
9. 555 cm to in
10. 180 Pa to kPa

D.Physical Quantities

Complete the table by providing the missing descriptions or aspects of each quantity.
No. Physical Quantity Symbol SI Unit Fundamental or Scalar or Vector
Derived
1. Time

2. Temperature

3. Speed

4. Displacement

5. Energy

6. Electric current

7. Length

8. Force

9. Density

10. Pressure