SOLUTIONS TO WORDED PROBLEMS

1. Brining is done to add moisture and marinate lean meat. Before cooking the meat, it is marinated in a
salt and water mixture for hours or days. The brine is made by dissolving 227 g of salt to 3 780 L of water.
Express the unit of salt in pounds.

Given:
Mass of salt, 𝑚 = 227 𝑔
Volume of water, 𝑉 = 3780 𝑚𝐿

Required:
Mass of salt in pounds, lb

Solution:
*Conversion Factor: 1000 g = 1 kg;
1 kg = 2.2 lb
1 𝑘𝑔 2.2 𝑙𝑏
227 𝑔 ( )( ) = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟗𝟗 𝒍𝒃
1000 𝑔 1 𝑘𝑔

∴ 227 g of salt is equivalent to 0.499 lbs.

2. A can of carrot juice contains 235 mL juice drink. Convert the volume of the juice drink into quarts.

Given:
Volume of juice drink, 𝑚 = 235 𝑚𝐿

Required:
Volume of juice drink in quarts, qt

Solution:
*Conversion Factor: 1 qt = 0.946 L;
1000 mL = 1 L
1𝐿 1 𝑞𝑡
235 𝑚𝐿 ( )( ) = 𝟎. 𝟐𝟒𝟖 𝒒𝒕
1000 𝑚𝐿 0.946 𝐿

∴ 235 mL of juice drink is equivalent to 0.248 qt.

3. The biggest Ferris wheel in Tagaytay City, the Sky Eye, lifts the riders 63.0 m above the ground. What is
the height of the Sky Eye in feet?

Given:
Height of ride, ℎ = 63.0 𝑚

Required:
Height of the ride Sky Eye in feet, ft
Solution:
*Conversion Factor: 1 ft = 30.48 cm;
100 cm = 1 m
100 𝑐𝑚 1 𝑓𝑡
63.0 𝑚 ( )( ) = 𝟐𝟎𝟕 𝒇𝒕
1𝑚 30.48 𝑐𝑚

∴ The height of the Sky Eye is 207 ft.

4. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), keeping sucrose (C12H22O11) intake to less than 25
grams per day helps prevent weight gain and various diseases like obesity, type II diabetes, and heart
disease. Express 25 grams per day into milligrams per day.

Given:
𝑔
Sucrose intake concentration, 𝐶 = 25
𝑑𝑎𝑦

Required:
𝑚𝑔
Convert sucrose intake concentration to milligrams per day, 𝑑𝑎𝑦

Solution:
*Conversion Factor: 1 g = 1000 mg

𝑔 1000 𝑚𝑔 𝒎𝒈
25 ( ) = 𝟐. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟒
𝑑𝑎𝑦 1𝑔 𝒅𝒂𝒚
𝒈 𝒎𝒈
∴ 𝟐𝟓 is equivalent to 𝟐. 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎𝟒 .
𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒂𝒚

5. The largest snake ever reported was a 32.0-foot long reticulated python, caught in Penang, Malaysia.
According to Guinness World Records, it is longer than the Medusa, the longest captive on record. What
is the length of the said snake in inches?

Given:
Length of snake, 𝐿 = 32.0 𝑓𝑡

Required:
Convert length to inches, in

Solution:
*Conversion Factor: 1 ft = 12 in

12 𝑖𝑛
32.0 𝑓𝑡 ( ) = 𝟑𝟖𝟒 𝒊𝒏
1 𝑓𝑡

∴ The length of snake is 384 inches.