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Chapter One
Chapter One
Ex. Area
Derived from SI units based on definition of area
length × width = area
meter × meter = area
2
m×m=m
2
SI unit for area = square meters = m
1. Length
SI Unit is meter (m)
Meter too large for most laboratory measurements
Commonly used.
Centimeter (cm)
–2
1 cm = 10 m = 0.01 m
Millimeter (mm)
–3
1 mm = 10 m = 0.001 m
1
3
SI unit for Volume = m
Most laboratory measurements use V in liters (L)
3
1 L = 1 dm (exactly)
Chemistry glassware marked in L or mL.
1 L = 1000 mL
What is a mL?
1 mL = 1 cm3
The melting point of uranium hexafluouride is 64.53 °C. What is the melting
point of uranium hexafluoride on the Fahrenheit scale?
A. 67.85 °F
B. 96.53 °F
C. 116.2 °F
D. 337.5 °F
E. 148.2 °F
2
4. Final zeros to right of decimal point are significant
Ex. 3.00 has 3 sig. figs.
st
5. Leading zeros, to left of 1 nonzero digit, are never counted as
significant
–4
Ex. 0.00012 or 1.2 × 10
has 2 sig. figs.
7.665 7.67
3
Multiply: 10.54 × 31.4 × 16.987 = 5620 = 5.62×10
2
Divide: 5.896 ÷ 0.008 = 700 = 7×10
3
Give the value of the following calculation to the correct number of significant
figures.
635.4 0.0045
2 .3589
A. 1.21213
B. 1.212
C. 1.212132774
D. 1.2
E. 1
12.9753
319.5
+ 4.398
336.9
397
– 273.15
124
For each calculation, give the answer to the correct number of significant figures.
1
10.0g + 1.03 g + 0.243 g = 11.3 g or 1.13 × 10 g
–3
19.556 °C – 19.552 °C = 0.004 °C or 4 × 10 °C
4
3 2
327.5 m × 4.52 m = 1.48 × 10 m
3
(13.674 cm × 4.35 cm × 0.35 cm ) (20.818665 cm3 ) = 0.87 cm /s
(856 s + 1531.1 s) (2387.1 s)
For the following calculation, give the answer to the correct number of significant
figures.
1 mm
0.097 m
1 10 3 m
= 97 mm
5
Convert 3.5 3 3
m to cm
3 1 cm 3
3.5 m
6 3
1 10 m
6 3
3.5 × 10 Cm