| C | |
| Na | |
| Cl | |
| P | |
| Mg | |
| Ca |
32. The average lead pencil, new and unused, is 19 cm
long. What is its length in
millimeters? In meters?
mm m
34. A standard US postage stamp is 2.5 cm long and 2.1 cm
wide. What is the area of the
stamp in square centimeters? In kilometers? In
centimeters?
cm2 km cm
44. What is the average mass of three objects whose individual
masses are 10.3 g, 9.234 g,
and 8.35 g?
46. Solve the equation and report the answer in the correct
number of significant figures:
22.86 cm x 38.0 cm x 76
cm
48 solve the equation, and report the answer in the correct number significant figures.
(0.0345)[25.35 - 2.4 / 1.678 x 103]
56. Molecular distances are usually given in nanometers (1 nm
= 1 x 10-9 m) or in picometers
(1 pm = 1 x 10-12 m).
However, a commonly used unit has been the Angstrom, where 1 A
= 1 x 10-10
m. If the distance between Pt atom atom and the N atom in the cancer
chemotherapy drug cisplatin is 1.97 A, what is the distance in nanometers? In
picometers?
nm pm
62. A compound contains 65.0% platinum. If you have a 1.53 g
sample of the compound, how
many grams of Pt can be recovered from the sample?
81. You are given a sample of a silvery metal. What
information do you need to prove that the
metal is silver?
87. What experiment can you use to Separate salt from water? Separate iron filings from small
pieces of lead?
Separate elemental sulfur from sugar?