Test Yourself (page 49)
A. Answer the following items.
1. How many significant figures are in each of these measurements?
a. 6.2 inches
b. 5.083 feet
c. 0.004 mile
d. 21.10 liters
e. 700 000 people
2. Round off these numbers to the number of significant digits indicated.
a. 32.426 (four digits)
b. 77.015 (three digits)
c. 0.08965 (three digits)
d. 0.08975 (two digits)
e. 115.3 (three digits)
3. Perform the indicated operation. Express the answers in the correct number of
significant figures.
a. (1.043) + (7.4) + (64.23)
b. (37.3) × (3.54)
c. (0.18) ÷ (4.65)
d. (123 + 3.5) ÷ (235.6 − 8.13)
e. (2.29 × 10⁻³) × (6.21 × 10³)
4. Express the following numbers in scientific notation.
a. 3 800 000
b. 3 084.4
c. 0.00780
d. 0.0000066
e. 30.40
5. Do the following conversions using dimensional analysis.
a. 4.00 in² to cm²
b. 19.76 g to mg
c. –14°C to °F
General Chemistry Quiz: Size, Scale, and Significant Figures
I. Multiple Choice (1-10): Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. Which of the following is not a fundamental quantity?
A. Length
B. Volume
C. Time
D. Mass
2. What is the SI unit for amount of substance?
A. gram
B. mole
C. kilogram
D. liter
3. Which of the following correctly expresses 0.000025 in scientific notation?
A. 2.5 × 10⁻⁴
B. 2.5 × 10⁻⁵
C. 25 × 10⁻⁶
D. 2.5 × 10⁻⁶
4. How many significant figures are in the measurement 0.00750 g?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
5. What is the conversion factor from kilometers to meters?
A. 1 km = 100 m
B. 1 km = 1000 m
C. 1 km = 10000 m
D. 1 km = 0.001 m
6. Which of the following statements best defines accuracy?
A. Repeated measurements that are close to each other
B. Measurement close to the accepted value
C. Smallest measurable quantity
D. Measurement with the most decimal places
7. In the number 2.30 x 10³, how many significant figures are there?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
8. Which of the following is a derived quantity?
A. Time
B. Density
C. Temperature
D. Electric current
9. What is 1000 milliliters in liters?
A. 0.01 L
B. 0.1 L
C. 1 L
D. 10 L
10. Which of the following zeros are not significant?
A. Zeros between nonzero digits
B. Trailing zeros after a decimal point
C. Leading zeros before a decimal point
D. Zeros at the end of a number after the decimal
II. Solve or Identify (11–15): Write your final answer.
11. Convert 45,000 mm to meters using scientific notation.
Answer: _______________
12. How many significant figures are in 3.0080 g?
Answer: _______________
13. Round 23,745 to the nearest hundred.
Answer: _______________
14. Add the following and round properly based on significant figures:
8.49 + 0.012 + 1.6 = ?
Answer: _______________
15. Multiply: 0.0120 × 1.6 × 8.49026
Give the final answer in correct significant figures.
Answer: _______________
