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IV – Work/Practice exercise:

Part A

A.1 Accuracy and Precision

Instruction. Answer the following problems and show all the solutions in separate sheet.

1. Sammy applied for a job last summer in the quality control laboratory of the United
Laboratory (UNILAB) Company. The job was to determine the amount of aspirin in
aspirin tablets whose standard value is 325 milligrams aspirin per tablet. He was given
four (4) different brands of aspirin sample. Each brand was weighed three (3) times.
Results and data were recorded in the table below.

Results and Data

No. of Trials Brand A Brand B Brand C Brand D

1 325 mg 300 mg 400 mg 250 mg

2 325 mg 325 mg 400 mg 280 mg

3 325 mg 350 mg 400 mg 350 mg

Mean

Percent error (%)

Standard
deviation

Note: Use percent error to evaluate the accuracy and standard deviation for the precision.

Which Brand had results that was

1. precise and accurate? _________________

2. precise but not accurate? _________________

3. not precise but accurate? _________________

4. neither precise nor accurate? _________________

2. Figure 1 presents a magnified mercury thermometer in degrees centigrade (0C) and the
shaded part is the mercury. Read the thermometer and answer the question that follows:

30 32 34 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50

Figure 1

There are (1) __________equal divisions (space, not lines) between the 30.0 0C and 40.00C
mark. Therefore, the smallest divisions on the thermometer is (2) ________
degree divisions. In the system of significant figures used here, estimation between the
smallest divisions to the nearest + or – (3) ___________ of a degree.

The reading of the thermometer above including your estimated number would then
be (4) ___________. This measurement contains (5) ____________ numbers that are certain
and (6) ____________ that has been estimated. The total number of significant numbers in
the measurement is (7) ____________.

A.2 Significant Figure

1. Determine the number of significant figures in each measurement.

8. 0.00021 g = _______________

9. 5300 g = _______________

10. 48.00 in = _______________

11. 0.00120 cm = _______________

12. 5.87 mm = _______________

13. 5.064 m = _______________

14. 520.0 mL = _______________

15. 3600 m = _______________

A.3 Rounding Off

2. Perform the following mathematical operations and round off the answer to the correct
number of significant figure. Note: do not use calculator. Use additional sheet for your
solution if necessary.

16. (2.11 m) + (0.43 m) + (23.0 m) = _______________

17. (483.3 m) – (4.57 m) = _______________

18. 30.3607 g = _______________

6.43 mL
 19. 43.6 qt = _______________
1.07qt/L

20. 7.68 m x 712 m x 24.4 m = _______________

357 m x 342 m

A.4 Scientific Notation

3. Express the following measurements in the scientific notation form. The underlined
number in each problem is the last significant figure.

21. 241865 mL = ________________

22. 54300000000 m = ________________
23. 0.000000507 kg = ________________
24. 0.00003672 lb = ________________
25. 3077 x 107 mol = ________________
26. 0.00350 x 10-3 ft = ________________
27. 1580 x 10-4 yd = ________________

4. Perform the mathematical operations and express the answer to the proper number of
significant figure. Note. Do not use calculator. Use additional sheet for your solution if
necessary.

1. 2.85 x 106 dm
+ 4.5 x 105 dm = _________________

2. 5.68 x 106 cm
- 3.56 x 106 cm = _________________

3. 7.597 x 10-5 g
- 3.88 x 10-6 g = _________________

4. (6.29 x 103 in) (2.8 x 102 in) = _________________

5. 6.13 x 10-4 kg
2.40 x 10-3 L = _________________

6. 8.34 x 105 m2
4.0 x 10-3 m = _________________

7. (4.20 x 104 cm) (3.7 x 10-4 cm)

3.2 x 10-4 cm = _________________
C. Conversion of Units

Direction. Solve the following problems and express your answer to the correct significant
figure. Use additional sheet for your solution if necessary.

1. The length of the marathon

race is 36.5 miles. What is
the distance in kilometers?

2. An average speed of a
racing car is 240 mi/hr.
What is the speed in
kilometer per hour?
3. The average height of an
adult man is 5 feet 4.0
inches (5’4”) and his weight
is 150 lbs. What is his
height in meter (m) and his
weight in kilogram (kg).

4. A 12.0 oz bottle of coca-

cola has a volume of _____
ml. What is this equivalent
to liter?

5. Your car has a 6.00-L

engine. What is the size of
this engine in cubic inches?

6. A lumber stick has a

dimension of 2.0 in x 2.0
in x 12 feet. What is the
volume of the lumber stick
in board feet (ft3)

7. How many seconds are in

3.55 minutes?

8. At sea level, the air pressure

is 1.0 atmosphere. What is
the pressure in Torr? in mm
Hg?

9. Who is taller: a man 1.62 m

tall or a woman who is 5
feet 6.0 inches tall?
Part B

1. Get hold of a meter stick (if not view it in any internet site) and a ruler; inspect for the
standard scaling found in each of the instruments. Answer the following questions:

A. Measuring length.
For inches scale Meter stick Ruler
What does the big scale division represent in inches? in. in
What does the small scale division represent in in in
Inches?
For centimeter scale
What does the big scale division represent in cm cm
Centimeter?
What does the small scale division represent in cm cm
Centimeter?
Observer Meter stick ruler
Get hold of any regularly shaped 1
object in your surroundings. 2
Measure the length in centimeter 3
in 3 trials. average
What is meant by precision? Is it
possible for measurements to be precise
but in accurate? Explain.
Why are repeated trials of the same
measurement desirable?

B. Measuring Volume
a. - Shaped Solid Regular

Find the volume of the regularly Length (l) Width(w) Height(h) Volume(V)
shaped object you used in the above
activity.

a. irregular- shaped Solid

Initial volume of pebble (V1)
Final volume (V2)
You can use water displacement
method in determining the volume of
a marble, assuming that the marble
would fit the graduated cylinder?
Justify your answer.

b. Liquid using graduated cylinder

What is the proper way of taking the
volume reading of a colorless liquid?
Colored liquid?

c. Estimating a volume of liquid using uncalibrated test tube.

What is the estimated volume of
liquid.?
What is the actual volume of the
liquid?
Compute for the Percent Error %
(refer to your manual for the formula)

d. Calibration of a medicine dropper.

How many drops are there in 1 ml?
Are the water level in the three test
tubes equal?
 If not why?
If you are frequently instructed to add
one, two, or five ml of liquid to
another substance, is it necessary to
actually measure the liquid? Support
your answer.

C. Measuring Mass
Draw and label the parts of a
platform balance.

Given weight of the Trial 1 Trial2 Trial3 average

object; find the 237.6 238.0 g 236.8 g
average
How do we know if
an instrument such
as a balance is
displaying the
proper value of the
mass of an object?

D. Measuring Temperature:
Water Sample Temperature Reading
Temperature of 0
C 0
F K
water. Find the Cold water 150C
equivalent in F
0
Hot water 750C
and K. tap water 200C
How will you
measure the
temperature of a
substance
correctly?

E. Measuring Density and Specific Gravity:

Solve the following problems:
1. The specific gravity of an organic liquid is 1. 3.. Calculate the number of liters in 84 g of the
liquid.
2. Calculate the density in grams per milliliter of a piece of metal that has a mass of 12 g and
occupies a volume of 1.6 ml.
3. If 2.0 x 104 mg of a substance occupy a volume of 15 ml, calculate the specific gravity of the
substance.
4. A cube of lead measures 3.0 cm on each edge and has a mass of 308 g. Calculate the density
in g/cm3.
 Figure 6. Lists of
some improvised equipment that can
be used at home

CONGRATULATIONS!