Assignment

Science Skills
Part I - Scientific Notation

Rewrite each number in scientific notation

1. 50,000 ________________________ 20. 0.000037 ______________________

2. 60,000,000 ____________________ 21. 36,300,000,000 _________________

3. 0.000009 ______________________ 22. 780,000,000 ___________________

4. 0.0004 ________________________ 23. 0.00000062 ____________________

5. 461,000 _______________________ 24. 5,200,000 _____________________

6. 0.0000000004 __________________ 25. 36,600,000 ____________________

7. 0.0000000607 __________________ 26. 0.00000000578 _________________

8. 0.00000027 ____________________ 27. 5,000,000,000,000 ______________

9. 51,200,000,000 _________________ 28. 0.000000000439 ________________

10. 150,000,000 ___________________ 29. 0.000802 ______________________

11. 210,000,000,000 ________________ 30. 24,000 ________________________

12. 0.00009 _______________________ 31. 646,000,000,000 ________________

13. 0.0000000000768 _______________ 32. 0.00000679 ____________________

14. 4,900,000,000,000 ______________ 33. 630,000 _______________________

15. 0.00000000605 _________________ 34. 7,000,000,000 __________________

16. 1,080,000,000 __________________ 35. 0.00000000007 _________________

17. 0.000000000009 ________________ 36. 0.00000000000285 ______________

18. 6,340,000 _____________________ 37. 0.0000000077 __________________

19. 0.0000000336 __________________ 38. 46,000 ________________________

Assignment 2 Science Skills

Rewrite each number in decimal notation.

1. 7 × 107 _______________________ 19. 5.23 × 10-6 ____________________

2. 5 × 10-4 _______________________ 20. 6.1 × 10-11 _____________________

3. 8 × 10-5 _______________________ 21. 1.38 × 106 _____________________

4. 2 × 106 _______________________ 22. 1.3 × 109 ______________________

5. 9.77 × 104 _____________________ 23. 5.73 × 10-5 ____________________

6. 2.1 × 10-12 _____________________ 24. 5 × 1011 _______________________

7. 8 × 108 _______________________ 25. 7.53 × 10-4 ____________________

8. 2.03 × 10-9 ____________________ 26. 2.8 × 1012 _____________________

9. 4.3 × 10-7 _____________________ 27. 1.1 × 10-8 _____________________

10. 8.13 × 109 _____________________ 28. 7 × 104 _______________________

11. 2.6 × 10-6 _____________________ 29. 8.34 × 10-10 ____________________

12. 8.4 × 1012 _____________________ 30. 9.94 × 107 _____________________

13. 1.93 × 1010 ____________________ 31. 6.12 × 10-12 ____________________

14. 9.48 × 105 _____________________ 32. 1.1 × 105 _____________________

15. 8.27 × 10-8 ____________________ 33. 7.82 × 10-7 ____________________

16. 2 × 10-10 ______________________ 34. 7.1 × 1010 _____________________

17. 4.33 × 1011 ____________________ 35. 4 × 104 _______________________

18. 9.52 × 10-11 ____________________ 36. 5.6 × 10-9 _____________________

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Part II - Significant Digits

Determine the number of significant digits in each of the following:

1. 3427 _________________________ 12. 30.0 × 10-2 ____________________

2. 0.00456 _______________________ 13. 0.982 × 10-3 ___________________

3. 123,453 _______________________ 14. 0.0473 ________________________

4. 172 __________________________ 15. 650.502 _______________________

5. 0.000984 ______________________ 16. 3.03 × 10-1 ____________________

6. 0.502 _________________________ 17. 20.4 × 105 _____________________

7. 3100.0 × 102 ___________________ 18. 1.29 __________________________

8. 0.0114 × 104 ___________________ 19. 0.00565 _______________________

9. 107.2 _________________________ 20. 1362205.2 _____________________

10. 0.0000455 _____________________ 21. 450.0 × 103 ____________________

11. 2205.2 ________________________ 22. 1000 × 10-3 ___________________

Round each of the following to 3 significant digits.

1. 77.0653 _______________________ 6. 707.5 _________________________

2. 6,300,178.2 ____________________ 7. 2,300.2 _______________________

3. 0.00023350 ____________________ 8. 0.0003350 _____________________

4. 10.2030 _______________________ 9. 10.26730 ______________________

5. 2.895 × 1021 ___________________ 10. 18.95 × 1021 ___________________

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Part III - Calculations
Calculate the following. Give the answer in correct scientific notation and correct
significant digits.
1. (4.53 × 105) + (2.2 × 106) 5. (9.10 × 103) + 2.2 × 106)

2. 1913.0 - (4.6 × 103) 6. 1113.0 - (14.6 × 102)

3. (2.34 × 1024) + (1.92 × 1023) 7. (6.18 × 10-45) + (4.72 × 10-44)

4. (2.130 × 103) - (6.6 × 102) 8. (4.25 × 10-3) - (1.6 × 10-2)

Assignment 2 Science Skills

Calculate the following. Give the answer in correct scientific notation and correct
significant digits.

1. 3.95 × 102/1.5 × 106 5. 1.05 × 10-26/4.2 × 1056

2. (3.5 × 102)(6.45 × 1010) 6. (2.5 × 109)(6.45 × 104)

3. 4.44 × 107/2.25 × 105 7. 6.022 × 1023/3.011 × 10-56

4. (4.50 × 10-12)(3.67 × 10-12) 8. (6.88 × 102)(3.45 × 10-10)

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Part IV - Metric System

1. What is the metric unit for linear measurement? ___________________

2. What is the metric unit for volume measurement? _________________

3. What is the metric unit for mass measurement? ___________________

4. Explain the difference between mass and weight.

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5. Convert between metric units as indicated:

a. 1.25 mm = _________________ cm n. 0.06 km = __________________ cm

b. 4.56 cm = _________________ mm o. 4330 dg = __________________ hg

c. 75.96 m = _________________ mm p. 75 dam = __________________ hm

d. 0.0026 km = ________________mm q. 0.76 dL = ________________ daL

e. 0.0012 km = _________________m r. 1.3 × 103 g = _______________ dag

f. 7.25 m = ___________________cm s. 6.5 mm = __________________ μm

g. 98.26 mg = __________________ g t. 3.0 Mg = __________________ kg

h. 0.082 cm = __________________ m u. 3250 μm = ________________ cm

i. 21.76 dL = _________________ daL v. 5.4 × 106 L = ______________ ML

j. 43.7 hL = __________________ dL

k. 2.0155 daL = ________________ hL

l. 6.44 kg = ___________________ dg

m. 2.087 hg = __________________ kg

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