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The document provides examples of converting between different units of measurement including inches to centimeters, feet to kilometers, liters to deciliters, meters to centimeters, kilometers to centimeters, centimeters to millimeters, meters to feet, kilometers to miles, centimeters to inches, yards to meters, feet to meters, and significant figures. It includes multiple examples of each type of unit conversion and calculating answers to the correct number of significant figures.

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Conversion Unit

The document provides examples of converting between different units of measurement including inches to centimeters, feet to kilometers, liters to deciliters, meters to centimeters, kilometers to centimeters, centimeters to millimeters, meters to feet, kilometers to miles, centimeters to inches, yards to meters, feet to meters, and significant figures. It includes multiple examples of each type of unit conversion and calculating answers to the correct number of significant figures.

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Conversion of Units

PRINCIPLES
Try to answer the following: OF CHEMISTRY
1. 32 inches to centimeter
2. 6250 feet to kilometer
3. 25 liter to deciliter
Answer:
1. 81.28 cm
2. 1.90 km
3. 250 dL
Solution:
2.54 cm
1. 32 inches x
1inches
= 81.28 cm

0.0003048 km
2. 6250 feet x
1 feet
= 1.90 km

10 dL
3. 25 liter x
1liter
= 250 dL

LEGEND:
Yellow – for final answer
Blue – for cancellation

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Assignment
I. ConvertPRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
the following measurements to the units indicated:
a) 25 meters to centimeters
100 cm
25 m x = 2500 cm
1m

b) 6 meters to millimeters
1,000 mm
6m x = 6,000 mm
1m

c) 4 kilometer to centimeter
100,000 cm
4 km x = 400,000 cm
1 km

d) 3 kilometer to millimeter
1,000,000mm
3 km x = 3,000,000 mm
1 km

e) 62.8 centimeter to millimeter


10 mm
62.8 cm x = 628 mm
1 cm

f) 48.7 meter to centimeter


100 cm
48.7 m x = 4870 cm
1m
LEGEND:
Yellow – for final answer
Blue – for cancellation

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Assignment
II. ConvertPRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY
the following measurements to the indicated units to 2
decimal places.
a) 5 centimeter to inches
50inches
5 cm x = 1.97 inches
127 cm
b) 15 meter to feet
1250 ft .
15 m x = 49.21 ft.
381 m
c) 10 meter to yards
1250 yards
10 m x
1143 m = 10.94 yards
d) 10 kilometer to miles
15625 miles
10 km x
25146 km = 6.21 miles
e) 62.8 centimeter to millimeter
10 mm
62.8 cm x = 628 mm
1 cm
f) 25 yards to meter
0.9144 m
25 yards x
1 yard
= 22.86 m
g) 10 feet to meter
0.3048 m
10 ft . x = 3.05 m
1 ft .
LEGEND:
Yellow – for final answer
Blue – for cancellation

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Assignment
III. PRINCIPLES
Significant Figures OF CHEMISTRY
1. How many significant figures in each term?
a) 34.6209 – 6 significant figures
b) 0.003048 – 4 significant figures
c) 5010.0 – 5 significant figures
d) 4032.090 – 7 significant figures
2. Solve the following equations using the correct number of significant
figures.
a) 34.683 + 58.930 + 68.35112 = 161.964
b) 45001 - 56.355 - 78.44 = 44866
c) 0.003 + 3.5198 + 0.0118 = 3.535
d) 36.01 - 0.4 – 15 = 21
3. Solve the following equations using the correct number of significant
figures.
a) 98.1 x 0.03 =3
b) 57 x 7.368 = 4.2 x 102
c) 8.578 / 4.33821 = 1.977
d) 6.90 / 2.8952 = 2.38
4. How many significant figures in each term?
a) 1.40 x 103 – 3 significant figures
b) 6.01 – 3 significant figures
c) 02947.1 – 5 significant figures
d) 583.02 – 5 significant figures

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