Exercise Problems:

The annual production of sodium

  hydroxide in the
United States was 24.39 billion pounds. How many
grams of sodium hydroxide were produced?
Given: annual production NaOH =
Reqd:
Solution: 453.6 g = 1.0 lb
= x =
An automobile travelling at 55 miles per hour is moving at
what speed in kilometers per sec?

•Given:
  speed = Reqd: speed =
Soln: 1 mi = 1.609 km 1 km = 0.6214 mi
speed = x x x =
=xx=
The usual aspirin tablet contains 5.0 grains of
aspirin. How many grams of aspirin are in one
tablet? ( 1 grain = 1/7000lb)

•Given:
  = Reqd:
Soln:
=x x=
If a weather forecaster predicted that the
temperature for the day is C, what is the
temperature in a) kelvin ; b)F

•a)   K = 31 + 273 = 304 K

b)(31) + 32 = F
What is the density of a piece of wood if 8.74 kg
has a volume of 7283 cc?
•Given:
  wt = 8.74 kg = 8740 g V = 7283 cc
Reqd: density, g/cc
Soln:
Density = = =
What is the mass in grams of 1.00 gal of water?
The density of water is 1.00 g/mL
•Given
  : V of water = 1.00 gal d = 1.00 g/mL
Reqd: mass, g
Soln:
d = mass = dV
m = x 1.00 gal x x
=g water