Name___Angel Peay____Period__5th___ 

 
Density  Notes/Practice Problems 
 
_______________ - ratio that compares the mass of an object to its volume 
♦ Indicates how “__________” an object is. 
♦ Its units include __________ and __________. 
♦ Formula for calculating density:   
 
--Example 
A piece of metal with a mass of 147 g is placed in a 50-mL graduated cylinder. The water 
level rises from 20 mL to 41 mL. What is the density of the metal? 
 
 
 
 
 
--Practice Problems 
1. Suppose a sample of aluminum is placed in a 25-mL graduated cylinder containing 10.5 
mL of water. The level of the water rises to 13.5 mL. What is the mass of the 
aluminum sample? (​The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3​ ​.) 1.3g/ml 
 
 
 
 
 
2. What is the volume of a sample that has a mass of 20 g and a density of 4 g/mL? 
 
5ml 
 
 
 
3. A metal cube has a mass of 20 g and a volume of 5 cm​3​. Is the cube made of pure 
aluminum? Explain your answer. (​The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3​ ​.) 
 
 
4g/ml & the density of aluminum is 2.7g/ml 
 
 
4. A 2.00-mL sample of substance A has a density of 18.4 g/mL and a 5.00-mL sample of 
substance B has a density of 35.5 g/mL. Do you have an equal mass of substances A 
and B? yes 
 
 
 
 
 Name___Angel Peay____Period__5th___ 

 
 
 
Density Practice Problems 
 
1. A 5-mL sample of water has a mass of 5 g. What is the density of water? 1g/ml 
 
 
 
 
2. An object with a mass of 7.5 g raises the level of water in a graduated cylinder from 25.1 
mL to 30.1 mL. What is the density of the object? p=1.50 * g * ml-1 
 
 
 
 
3. The density of aluminum is 2.7 g/mL. What is the volume of 8.1 g of aluminum? =3ml 
 
 
 
 
4. In order to find out the density of a small rock, Eddie dropped the rock into a graduated 
cylinder fill with 52.5 mL of water. The level of the water went up to 68.1 mL. Eddie 
then placed the rock on a triple beam balance, and its mass was 27.69 g. 
a. What is the volume of the rock? 15.6 cm3 
 
 
 
 
b. What is the density of the rock? 1.78 g/cm3 
 
 
 
 
5. Jira told Helen that the perfume she used was less dense than water. Helen got a 
graduated cylinder from the cabinet and found the mass of the cylinder to be 58.35 g. 
Jira poured 25.0 mL of perfume into the cylinder and massed it again. The combined 
mass of the cylinder and perfume was 68.80 g. 
a. What was the mass of the perfume? 7.88g/ml 
 
 
 
 
b. What was the density of the perfume? 2.1g/ml 
 
 
 
 Name___Angel Peay____Period__5th___ 

 
c. If water’s density is 1.0 g/mL, then would the perfume be more or less dense 
than water? Would the perfume float on top or sink to the bottom of the water? 
the perfume would sink to the bottom because it is more dense than water.