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Density Problems
1. You are testing different objects found around your house. You want to compare the densities
of two objects and see which one has the bigger density.
Properties
Mass
Volume
pH level

Object 1
2.5 g
35 mL
6

Object 2
3.8 g
40 mL
8

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2. A blue liquid has a density of 8.32 g/cm3 and has a mass of 20 g. What is the volume of this
liquid?
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3. Calculate the density of a 500 g rectangular block with the following dimensions: length=8
cm, width=6 cm, height=5 cm.
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4. An irregular object with a mass of 0.18 kg displaces 0.25 L of water when placed in a large
overflow container. Calculate the density of the object.

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5. A graduated cylinder has a mass of 80 g when empty. When 20 mL of water is added, the
graduated cylinder has a mass of 100 g. If a stone is added to the graduated cylinder, the water
level rises to 45 mL and the total mass is now 156 g. What is the density of the stone?
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6. You decide you want to carry a boulder home from the beach. It is 30 cm on each side, and so
has a volume of 27,000 cm3. It is made of granite, which has a typical density of 2.8 g/cm3. How
much will this boulder weigh?
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7. Iron has a known density of 7.87 g/cm3. What would be the mass of a 2.5 dm3 piece of iron?
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8. Mercury has a density of 13.5 g/cm3. How much space would 50.0 g of mercury occupy?
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9. The mass of a cube of iron is 255 g. Iron has a density of 7.87 g/cm3. What is the mass of a
cube of lead that has the same dimensions if the density of lead is 11.4g/cm3.
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