Chemistry 213 Assignment No.

4 Summer 2010

Error Analyses
Name: ______KEY____
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Due Date : Thursday, July15 by noon

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS Select the one best answer for each question.

1. How many significant figures are in the number 6.230 x 1023?

(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 23

2. How many significant figures are in the number 0.000120?

(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 2

3. Write the answer to the following calculation to the proper number of significant
figures. 3 + 9.1 + 0.231 = 12.7290
(a) 12.7
(b) 12.73
(c) 12

4. Write the answer to the following calculation to the proper number of significant
figures. 145.68 x 1.09 x 73.226 = 11,627.6444
(a) 12,000
(b) 11,600
(c) 11,000

5. When an analytical chemist uses the word precision when referring to the data
obtained from an analysis, the chemist is talking about
(a) how close the mean obtained from a set of data is to the true value of the composition
of the sample analyzed.
(b) relative error calculated from the mean of a set of data.
(c) how close the individual data points obtained from a set of data are to each
other.

6. Find the absolute uncertainty of the following calculation, and express the answer to
the proper number of significant figures. 12.34(±0.04) + 178.1(±0.2) - 18.493(±0.002) =
172.010
(a) 172.01(± 0.2)
(b) 172.0(±0.2)
(c) 172.010(±0.242)
7. Find the absolute uncertainty of the following calculation and round the answer to the
proper number of significant figures: 3.78(±0.04) x 6.23(±0.03) x 1023 = 2.3549 x 1024.
(a) 2.3(±0.1) x 1024
(b) 2.35(±0.01) x 1024
(c) 2.35(±0.03) x 1024

8. A systematic error
(a) can be discovered and corrected.
(b) arises from the limitations on the ability to make a physical measurement.
(c) is also known as an indeterminate error.

9. Express the molecular weight of K2Cr2O7 with the correct number of significant
figures and find its uncertainty.
(a) 294.185(±0.004)
(b) 294.185(± 0.001)
(c) 294.184600(±0.000008)

10. Showing the proper number of significant figures, write the [H+] that corresponds to
physiological pH, which is 7.4.
(a) 3.98 x 10-8 molar
(b) 4 x 10-8 molar
(c) 4.0 x 10-8 molar

11. Write the antilog of 4.278 showing the proper number of significant figures.
(a) 0.6310
(b) 1.897 x 104
(c) 1.90 x 104

12. You need to transfer 20 mL of your sample to a flask and only have a Class A 10 mL
transfer pipet with a reported tolerance of ±0.02. What is the uncertainty in the volume?
(a) ±0.04 mL
(b) ±0.03 mL
(c) ±0.02 mL

13. What would 4.6105 be rounded to, if we can only have four significant figures in
your final answer?
(a) 4.611
(b) 4.61
(c) 4.610
 14. Write the answer to the following calculation with the proper number of significant
figures: (582/7.63)-(6.345*1.2)= 68.663851
(a) 68.7
(b) 68.66
(c) 69

15. You perform an acid-base titration, and the endpoint is 24.95 mL with an error of
±0.1 mL. What is the relative uncertainty in the endpoint volume?
(a) 249.5
(b) 0.004
(c) 0.004 mL

ANSWER LIST – List your answers here

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