GROUP NO: __________

Name (LN, FN, MI): Date Submitted:

Student No.: Professor:

Worksheet # 1
MEASUREMENTS

1. How many significant figures are in the following numbers?

a. 1.234 _________

b. 5006 _________

c. 0.078 _________

d. 9.000 _________

e. 9.0 × 103 _________

2. Write the following numbers in proper scientific notation.

a. 1234 _________

b. 5,600 _________

c. 78,900,000 _________

d. 0.012 _________

e. 304.0 _________

3. Solve the following problems, expressing each answer to the proper number of
significant figures. Use scientific notation for each.

a. 12.34 + 0.56 _________

b. 78.910 – 1.2 _________

c. 1.111 × 0.20 _________

5.22  6.70
d. _________
12.2

e. 2.83 × 103 × 7.55 × 107 _________

4. Solve the following problems. Show your calculations, expressing each answer to the
proper number of significant figures.

a. Mercury melts at 234 K, lower than any other pure metal. What is the melting
point in °C? and in °F?

b. The area of a 15-inch pizza is 176.7 in2. Express this area in square centimeters.

c. Calculate the volume of 65.0 g of liquid methanol if its density is 0.791 g/mL.

d. What is the mass in grams of a cube of gold (density = 19.32 g/cm3) if the
length of the cube is 2.00 cm?
e. A flask has a mass of 78.23 g when empty and 592.63 g when filled with water.
When the same flask is filled with concentrated sulfuric acid (H2SO4), its mass
is 1026.57 g. What is the density of concentrated sulfuric acid? Assume water
has a density of 1.00 g/cm3 at the temperature of the measurement.