100 Test 1 Review Problems

There are a lot of problems, so get cranking! Make sure to try at least two problems in each
section while in class so that you can get help from friends if you are stuck.
Write your answers in your Physics homework notebook. This will count as both an in-class
assignment and as a homework. Make sure all your answers have the correct number of
significant figures. Use scientific notation for answers requiring exponent greater than +6 or less
than -6. You should be able to do these problems using only our official list of allowed
conversions. You are responsible for knowing all the metric prefixes we covered from femtothrough Peta-.
Convert the following quantities.
1. 45 meters to centimeters
2. 876 millimeters to meters
3. 11.7 grams to kilograms
4. 78,999 milligrams to grams
5. 0.0009 kiloliters to liters
6. 0.9 centigrams to grams
7. 44 centimeters to meters
8. 112 meters to millimeters
9. 277 kilograms to grams
10. 1500 millimeters to km
11. 2390 g to kg
12. 0.52 km to meters
13. 65 kg to g
14. 750 micrograms to g
15. 23.8 fg to kg
16. 2.77 kg to mg
17. 2.90 cm to terameters
18. 1.08 kg to g
19. 2.00 L to mL
20. 35.28 mL to L
21. 565,900 seconds into days
22. 43 miles into feet
23. 165 pounds into kilograms
24. 100 yards into meters
25. 2678 cm into feet
26. 90 years into days
27. 130 meters per second into miles per hour
28. 1100 feet per second into miles per hour
29. 721 lbs per week into kg per second
30. 88 inches per second into miles per day
31. 2.3 kg = ______ g
32. 5.50 L = _______ mL

33. 2.4 cm = ________ m

34. 24.3 cal = ________ J
35. 115.2 qt = _________ L
36. 1013. kg/m3 = ________ g/mL
37. 100.0 mL/hr = _________ cm3/s
Word Problems
38. The period of revolution of the dwarf planet Pluto is 248 years (y). Express the
revolution period of Pluto in the following units (use scientific notation):
a) seconds (s)
b) microseconds (s)
c) milliseconds (ms)
d) nanoseconds (ns)
39. The most common isotope of hydrogen atom, consisting of a single proton and an
electron, has an accepted mass of 1.0078 atomic mass units. Express the mass of this
hydrogen isotope in the following units (use scientific notation):
a) nanograms (ng)
b) micrograms (g)
c) milligrams (mg)
d) kilograms (kg)
Convert each of the following into scientific notation using the correct number of sig figs.
40) 3427
41. 0.0000455
42) 0.00456

43. 2205.2

44) 123,453

45. 30.0 102

46) 172

47. 0.982 103

48) 0.000984

49. 0.0473

50) 0.502
52) 3100.0 10

51. 650,502
2

53) 3.03 10 1

54) 0.0114 104

55) 20.4 105

56) 107.2

57) 1000 103

Determine the number of significant figures in each of the following:

58) 3427
61) 0.00456
64) 123,453
67) 172

70) 0.000984

59) 3100.0 102

62) 0.0114 104
65) 107.2

68) 0.0000455

60) 0.502

66) 20.4 105

71) 2205.2

63) 30.0 102

69) 1000 103

Convert each into decimal form.

72) 1.56 104
74) 0.56 102
76) 3.69 102
78) 736.9 105
73) 0.00259 105
75) 13.69 102
77) 6.9 104

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Calculate the following. Give the answer in correct scientific notation.
79)
80)
81)
82)
83)

3.95 102
1.5 106
4.44 107
2.25 105
1.05 1026
4.2 1056
6.022 1023
3.011 1056
(3.5 102 )(6.45 1010 )

84) (4.50 1012 )(3.67 1012 )

85) (2.5 109 )(6.45 10 4 )
86) (6.88 102 )(3.45 10 10 )
Round each of the following to 3 significant figures.
87) 77.0653
88) 6,300,278.2
89) 0.00023350
90) 10.2030
91) 2.895 1021
Calculate the answer, use the correct number of significant figures.
92) (0.32)(14.50)(120)
93) (24.1) /(0.005)
94) (3.9)(6.05)(420)
95) (14.1) / 5
Harder sig fig problems. Give the answer using the correct number of significant figures.
96) ( 756.12 + 6889.0 ) / 99.1111
97) ( 756.12 +

6889.0

) / 99.1111

98) ( 756.122 + 6889.0 ) / 99.1111

99)

( 756.12 2 6889.0 )

/ 99.1111

100) ( 756.12 + 6889.0 ) / (99.1111-99.1103)