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Tutorial 1

1. Express the following quantities using the most appropriate multiples or submultiples of SI
units:
a) 12 300 m
b) 7500 kg
c) 0.03 kg
d) 85 x 10³ kg
e) 0.0047 m
f) 4.7 x 10-6 kg
g) 3 x 10-6 m
h) 0.54 x 109 s

2. Calculate the area in square meters of

a) a square of side 600 mm

b) a triangle of base 300 dm and height 45 cm

c) a circle of diameter 5.00 hm

3. Calculate the volume, in cubic meters of

a) a room 7.00 m x 40 cm x 300 mm

b) a sphere having a diameter of 15.00 mm

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4. Calculate the length of each side of a cube having a volume of 6.00 m³.

5. Calculate the radius of a sphere having a volume of 0.800 m³.

6. A steel plate measures 500 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm. If the relative density of the steel is 7.8,
calculate the mass of the plate.

7. If the density of aluminium is 2700 kg/m³, what is the volume in cubic centimetre, of 5.00 kg
of this material?

8. A block of wood, measuring 300 mm x 150 mm x 600 mm, has a mass of 2.3 kg. Calculate the
density of the wood.

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9. If the mass of 7500 mm³ of lead is 85 g, calculate the relative density of the lead.

10. A 2.00 m length of iron pipe has a mass of 137.00 kg. The external and the internal diameter
of the pipe are 160 mm and 120 mm respectively. Calculate the density and the relative density
of the pipe.

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