CHEM 212 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

MEASUREMENTS IN CHEMISTRY

WORKSHEET 2

NAME: ___________________________ SECTION: ___________

Direction: Answer the following questions:

A. Complete the table below. Write your answer in BOLD RED letters.

Metric Prefix Abbreviation for Prefix Mathematical Meaning

of Prefix
milli
G
nano
106
μ
k
mega
10-12

Metric Unit Property being Measure Abbreviation For Metric

Unit
kg
megameter
ng
millimeter
volume μL
deciliter
pm
kilogram
nm
Cubic decimeter
 B. Indicate whether the number in each of the following statements is an
exact or an inexact number. Write your answer before each number.
1. A classroom contains 32 chairs.
2. There are 60 seconds in a minute.
3. A bowl of cherries weighs 3.2 pounds.
4. A newspaper article contains 323 words.
5. The car is traveling at a speed of 56 miles per hour.
6. A classroom contains 63 students.
7. The temperature on the back porch is -3⁰F.
8. There are 3 feet in a yard.
9. The length of a swimming pool.
10.The number of pages in a book.

C. Solve the following problem.

1. A sample of mercury is found to have a mass of 524.5 g and to have a
volume of 38.72 cm3. What is its density?
2. Acetone, the solvent in nail polish remover, has a density of 0.791 g/mL.
What is the volume, in milliliters, of 20.0 g of acetone?
3. An oven for baking pizza operates at approximately 525⁰F. What is this
temperature in degrees Celcius?
4. The body temperature for a hypothermia victim is found to have dropped to
29.1⁰C. What is this temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

Reflection: Please share your learning/ insights on this topic by completing

the following phrase below:

I have learned that _____________________________________________.

I have realized that _____________________________________________.

I will apply ____________________________________________________.