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Calculating Density
Mr. Hughes

Sample Problem
If 96.5 grams of gold has a volume of 5 cubic centimeters, what is the density of gold?
1. Density = Mass/Volume
2. Density = 96.5 grams/5 cm3
3. Density = 19.3 g/cm3

Practice Problems
1. If 28 grams of a substance has a volume of 52 cm3, what is the density of the
substance?

2. The mass of an object is 200 grams and the volume is 15 ml. What is the density?

3. What is the density of a box that has a width of 2 cm, a height of 2 cm, and a
length of 8 cm and has a mass of 38 grams.

4. In order to find the volume of a rock you place it in 100 ml of water. When the
rock is immersed the measurement on the graduated cylinder is 348 ml. The mass
of the rock is 642 g. What is the density of the rock?

5. The mass of an object is 2165 g and the volume is 150 cm3. What is the density?

6. If the density of a diamond is 3.5 g/ cm3, what would be the mass of a diamond
whose volume is 0.5 cm3?

7. The mass of a mineral is 21 grams. Its volume is 0.7 cm3. What is the density of
the mineral?

8. The mass of a metal is 100 grams and its volume is 150 cm3. The mass of metal
B is 25 grams and the volume is 59 cm3. Which of the two metals is more dense?

9. The density of a rock is measured at 5.5 g/ cm3. You measure the volume to be
15 cm3. What is the mass of the rock?