Name ___________________________________

Numbers and Units

a. Complete the following sentences with the proper units of measure and time.
1. The fat content in full-fat milk is _____.
a. 3.61 percent
b. 3.61 %
c. 3.61%
2. The flask was heated for _____ and then cooled to room temperature.
a. 6 min.
b. 6 minutes
c. 6 min
d. 6 mins.
e. 6min.
3. The temperature was held at _____ for 2 min.
a. 90 C
b. 90 C
c. 90 deg. C
d. 90 C.
4. The carrier flow rate was _____ in helium.
a. 1.2 mL/min
b. 1.2 mL/minute
c. 1.2 mL/min.
d. 1.2 ML/min
5. Water isotherms were measured at 294 _____.
a. 0.1K
b. 0.1 Kelvin
c. 0.1 K
d. 0.1 K
6. The sample of tree trunk contained _____ well-defined rings.
a. seventeen
b. 17
7. The wood pulp was soaked for _____ in dimethylchlorine.
a. twelve hours
b. 12 hrs.
c. 12 h.
d. 12 h
8. The dry mass ranged from _____.
a. 1.5-5.4mg
b. 1.5 mg-5.4 mg
c. 1.5-5.4 mg
9. The 9-mm test tube contained _____ of zinc chloride.
a. 200mg
b. 200 mg
c. 200 m.g.

10. _____ were obtained . . .

a. Four different starches
b. 4 different starches
11. They were immersed in an acidic solution for _____, respectively.
a. 4, 6, and 12 h
b. four, six, and 12 h
c. 4 h, 6 h, and 12 h
12. The crude product was recrystallized from ethanol at _____.
a. 105 C
b. 10 C to 5 C
c. 10 to 5 C
b. Correct the following (incorrect) use of numbers and units. Assume that these numbers and
units are not being used to start sentences.
7minutes ____seven minutes______________ .15 mg
mg____________
five percent yield ___5%_________
10min.

12 hrs.

________10 min__________ 0.175g

7 % recovery

_______7%_____

13 hr.

_________0.15
________12 h_____________
________0.175 g_____________
________13 h_____________

15 mLs

_______15 mL___________ 5 sec.

_______5 s______________

100 C

________100 C__________300 K

_______300 C ______________

c. The paragraph below contains several errors in the use of numbers and units. Identify at least
10 errors and correct them.
3-Benzyloxy-6-bromo-4-methoxyphenethyliminophosphorane. To a solution of LAH
(250 mg) in THF (15 mLl) was added a solution of 3-benzyloxy-6-bromo-4-methoxy-nitrostyrene (500 mg, 1.37 mmol) in THF (15 mL), which was then boiled under reflux for
eight hours. Addition of several millilitersmL of water followed by extraction with ether and
drying the ether layer (K2CO3) gave the corresponding phenethylamine, which was purified
by column chromatorgraphy on silica gel (hexane-CH2Cl2, 6:4 v/v): yellow oil (330 mg, 72
%); 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3, ): 7.33 (m, 6H), 6.77 (s, 1H), 5.05 (s, 2H), 4.62 (s,
2H), 3.82 (s, 3H), 2.94 (m, 4H). The amine (160 mg, 0.48 mmol) and triphenylphosphine
(130 mg, 0.48 mmol) in 100 mgs of CCl4 and CH2Cl2 (7 mL) were stirred at 40 C for
seventy-two72 hours under dry N2.