CHEM 1601/1605

Name Fall 2009

WORKSHEET #1 - ANSWERS
CONVERSIONS AND SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
1. How many significant figures are in each of the following numbers:

100.1 4 0.00233 3

37 2 6.31000 6

0.14040 5 2300 cant tell

2. Write the following numbers in correct exponential notation:

1,234,000,000 1.234 x 109 0.000310 3.10 x 10-4

0.00000227 2.27 x 10-6 150,000 1.5 x 105

3. Perform the following calculations and write the answer with the proper sig. figs:
36.5 0.00127 14.389 14.297
= 0.027 = 6.4 x 10-3
1 .7 14.389

5.77 (17.2 + 0.098) = log (2.1 107 )

99.8 = -1.68
log (9.46 103 )

4. Perform the following conversions. Write your answers with the correct sig. figs in
exponential notation where appropriate. Show all work.

Convert
a. 8.61 km to nm 8.61 x 1012 nm

b. 12.5 qts. to cL 1.18 x 104 cL

c. 1.7 m2 to mi2 6.6 x 10-9 mi2

d. 0.05523 uL/mg to mL/kg 55.23 mL/kg

e. 2.65 g/cm3 to lbs/ft3 1.65 x 102 lbs/ft3

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Name Fall 2009

5. What is the diameter, in millimeters, of a red blood cell whose volume is 9.0 x 101
m3? Assume the cell is spherical (recall that the volume of a sphere is V = 4/3r3).

5.6 x 10-3 mm

6. A high speed train travels from San Francisco to Los Angeles (a distance of 615 km)
at a speed of 215 miles per hour. Assuming there is no layover time in Los Angeles,
how many minutes will it take for a passenger to make one round trip.

213 minutes

7. The average lethal dose of heroin is 1.52 mg/kg of body weight. How many grams of
heroin would be lethal for a 250 lb man?

0.172 g

8. The density of a sample of Saran Wrap is 0.80 g/cm3. Calculate the mass, in grams, of
a roll that is 2.00 x 102 ft long, 12.00 in wide, and 0.00050 in thick.

184 g