Chapter 1: 27, 29, 37, 47, 53, 55, 59, 61, 67, 79

27. a. 4867 miles, 4 sig. figs.

b. 56 mL, 2 sig. figs.
c. 60,104 tons, 5 sig. figs.
d. 2900 g, 2, 3, or 4 sig. figs.

In the following problems, the datum that sets the number of significant figures is in non-bold
red.

29. a. 5.6792 m
0.6 m
+4.33 m
10.6 m

b. 3.70 g
–2.9133 g
0.79 g

c. 4.51 cm x 3.6666 cm = 16.5 cm2

d. (3 x 104 g + 6.827 g) / (0.043 cm3 – 0.021 cm3) = 1 x 106 g/cm3

1 m
37. a. 6.0 ft x  1.8 m
3.28 ft
453.6 g 1 kg
168 lb x x  76.2 kg
1 lb 103 g

55 miles 5280 ft 1m 1 km
b. x x x  88 km/hr
1 hr 1 mile 3.28 ft 1000 m

c. 3.0 x 1010 cm 1m 3.28 ft 1 mile 60 s

x x x x x
1s 100 cm 1m 5280 ft 1 min
60 min
x 1 hr  7 x 108 miles
1 hr

0.62 g Pb
d. 6
x 6.0 x 103 g blood  3.7 x 103 g Pb
10 g blood

1 cm3
47. (87.39  56.12) g H 2 O x  31.35 cm 3
0.9976 g H 2 O
53. 2.0 x 1011 g vanillin 1L (2.54)3 cm3 (12)3 in 3
x x x x
1 L air 1000 cm3 1 in 3 1 ft 3
$112
5.0 x 107 ft 3 x  $0.063 = 6.3 cents
50 g (2 sig. figs. ?)

55. 3.1 g NaCl 1.03 g seawater 1000 mL

2
x x x 1.5 x 1021 L x
10 g seawater 1 mL seawater 1L
1 kg
 4.8 x 1019 kg
1000 g

3.1 g NaCl 1.03 g seawater 1000 mL

2
x x x 1.5 x 1021 L x
10 g seawater 1 mL seawater 1L
1 lb 1 ton
x  5.3 x 1016 ton
453.6 g 2000 lb

(1000) 2 m 2 1000 L
59. 1.8 x 108 km 2 x 2
x 3.9 x 103 m x  7.0 x 1020 L
1 km 1 m3

61. Volume of the sphere = 4/3πr3 = (4/3)(3.14159)(15/2 cm)3 = 1.767 x 103 cm3

22.57 g Os 1 kg
1.767 x 103 cm3 x 3
x 3
 4.0 x 101 kg
1 cm 10 g

22.57 g Os 1 lb
1.767 x 103 cm3 x 3
x  88 lb
1 cm 453.6 g

3.79 L water 1000 mL water 1.0 g water 1 g chlorine

67. 2 x 104 gal water x x x x x
1 gal water 1 L water 1 mL water 106 g water
100 g solution 1 mL solution
x  1 x 103 mL solution
6.0 g chlorine 1.0 g solution

0.998 g
79. at 20 ºC: 242 mL x  241.516 g
1 mL

1 mL
at –5 ºC: 241.516 g x  264 mL ; the flask would break
0.916 g