Republic of the Philippines
Romblon State University
Romblon, Philippines
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
PROBLEM SET NO. 1
CHEM1101 – Chemistry for Engineers
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
First Semester, S.Y. 2023-2024
September 1, 2023
NAME :______________________________________
YEAR/BLOCK :______________________________________
Instruction: Answer the following questions. Use separate sheet for your answers. Answers should be
handwritten.
1. What is the density in g/mL of a substance that masses 0.987 kg and has a volume of 4.52 x 102mL?
2. How many mL are in 0.50 quarts?
3. How many inches are in 1.00 km?
4. How many feet are in 3.45 km?
5. How many km are in 5.00 miles?
6. How many yards are in 72.5 miles?
7. How many cc's are in 979 mL?
8. How many Kelvins are in -15.5oC?
9. How many degrees Celsius are in 315 K?
10. How many degrees Fahrenheit are in 30.0oC?
11. How many kL are in 8383 L?
12. How many cm are in 0.783 m?
13. How many meters are in 252 mm?
14. How many liters are in 2.52 x 104 mL?
15. How many mm are in 0.123 m?
16. If the mass of a lead ball is 23.5 g and the volume is 3.5 mL, what is the density of the lead ball?
17. If the density of carbon tetrachloride is 0.793 g/mL, and a sample has a volume of 9.29 mL, what is the mass?
18. If the density of propanol is 0.828 g/mL and a sample has a mass of 14.5 g what is the volume?
19. How many km are in 2.88 m?
20. How many cL are in 4.56 x 10-3 L?
21. A room is 10 ft by 12 ft. How many square yards are in the room? The area of the room is 120 ft2.
22. A local zoning ordinance says that a house’s “footprint” (area of its ground floor) cannot occupy more than ¼ of
the lot it is built on. Suppose you own a 13-acre lot (1 acre = 43,560 ft2). What is the maximum allowed footprint
for your house in square feet? In square metres?
23. The largest single rough diamond ever found, the Cullinan Diamond, weighed 3106 carats. One carat is
equivalent to the mass of 0.20 grams. What is the mass of this diamond in milligrams? Weight in pounds?
24. If 1 pound = 16 ounces, how many pounds are in 435 ounces?
25. 9,800,000 mm to miles?
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