Assessment 2

DUE by May 26 at 11PM - these DO use scientific notation and sig.fig. -your grade will not show until I manually grade this My Notes | Previous Next

1. A microgram is equivalent to:

A) 1 x 10-1 gram B) 1 x 10-3 gram C) 1 x 10-6 gram D) 1 x 10-9 gram

2.

Convert 97 mm to cm.

A) 970 cm B) 97 cm C) 9.7 cm D) 0.97 cm

3.

Convert 20 mg/dL to mg/L.

A) 200

B) 150 C) 15 D) 2.0

4.

Convert 10 degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit.

A) 12 B) 25 C) 6 D) 50

5.

Convert 200 inches to meters.

A) 58 B) 5.08 C) 5.8 D) 0.58

6. Converting numbers to scientific notation - you can type the ^ symbol (upper case number 6 on your keyboard) to show the 'power', or put it in parentheses... EXAMPLES - 37500 would become 3.75 x 10^4 become 2.6 x 10^-4 or 2.6 x 10 (-4) or 3.75 x 10 (4) and 0.00026 would

I know this looks awkward at first - there are just a few on this assignment.

Your problem - - - convert 0.00000798 into scientific notation.

7. Convert 165,000,000 into scientific notation 8. Convert 1.23 grams into milligrams and use scientific notation 9. Convert 450 mm. into km. and use scientific notation 10. Convert 3.9 mg/mL to mg/L (use scientific notation) 11. Convert 180 mg/dL to g/L 12. Convert 15 nm to mm (use scientific notation) 13. Divide 8.1 x 10^4 by 5.4 x 10^2 14. Mulitply 7.5 x 10^2 by 4.9 x 10^4 15. Divide 7.95 x 10^6 by 2.5 x 10^2 16. The scientific notation is ALWAYS used in the lab for ALL measurements of liquids, lengths and weights. A) True B) False