Name: Kay Estelle F. Gepulango Section: CHM019 13.

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Activity 1
How Do I Write Thee?

Objectives
After completing the activity, you should be able to:
1) Determine the number of significant figures.
2) Round off numbers.
3) Express the final answers to mathematical operations in correct number of significant
figures.
4) Express a very large or very small numbers in a scientific notation.

Exercises
A. Select the correct notation representation of each of the following numbers.
Number a b c d Answer
5.14 5.14 5.14 x 10-1 0.514 x 101 5.1 x 100 C
0.07306 7.306 x 102 0.07306 7.31 x 10-2 7.306 x 10-2 D
350.0 3.50 x 10 2 0.350 3.500 x 102 3.5 x 102 A, C, D
250 2.50 x 102 250 2.500 x 102 2.5 x 102 A, C, D
0.450 0.450 4.50 x 10 -1
4.5 x 10 -1
4.50 x 101 B, C

B. Express each measurement in three significant figures. Choose your answer from the
choices given.
Measurement a B c Answer
5.14259 hr 5.14 hr 5.15 hr 5.143 hr A
0.07306 km 0.0730 km 7.31 x 10-2 km 7.31 x 10-1 km A, C
6.022 x 1023 s 6.02 x 1023 s 6.03 x 1023 s 6.022 x 1023 s A
8.0070 g 8.00 g 8g 8.01 g A, C
13.994 min 1.39 x 10 min
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13.9 min 14.0 min A, B, C

C. How many significant figures are there in each of the following measurements?
1) 0.0320 km _______THREE______
2) 0.8030 kg _______FOUR_______
3) 4.72 m _______THREE______
4) 4.30 mL _______THREE______
5) 62 000 s ________ONE_______

D. Perform each calculation and express your answer with the correct number of significant
figures.
1) 71.20 L + 0.77 L _________71.97 L_- FOUR_________
2) 4.12 km + 2.28 km _________6.40 km_-THREE_________
3) 0.7527 g / 0.2724 mL ______2 763.21 kg / m3 _-SEVEN_____
4) 75.286 lb - 4.19 lb _________71.09 lb_-FOUR__________
5) 4.6 kg x 3.1416 kg __________14.45 kg2_-FOUR__________
E. Solve each of the following problems. Express each answer to the proper number of
significant figures. Use exponential notation for (1), (2), and (3).

1) 1.841 km 4) 3.3 lb x 4 280 lb

45.22 km = 14 000 lb2
+ 37.56 km significant figure : one
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84.62 km
significant figure: four

2) 614.3 g
- 18.52 g
--------------- 5) (7.07 x 10-4 L) (5.61 x 10-2 L)
595.78 g __________________________
Significant figure: five 2.82 x 10 4 L

= 0.0000396627
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2.82 x 10^4

= 1.40 L^2
Significant figure: three
3) (1.83 x 102 m) (5.75 x 107 m)

= 10 522 500 000 m2

Significant figure: one