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Parts Per Million Calculation Practice Questions

Important Conversion Factors

1 g = 1000 mg
1 kg = 1000 g
1 mL = 1 g

1. 500 mg of chlorine is dissolved in a pool that contains 800 kg of water. What is

the concentration of chlorine in parts per million? (0.625 ppm)

2. If 1 mL of dissolved oxygen is present in a 25 kg water sample, what is the

concentration of dissolved oxygen in parts per million? (40 ppm)

3. 825 g of water contains 3.5 mg of fluorine. What is the concentration of fluorine in

parts per million? (4.24 ppm)

4. A stream contains 0.004 g of selenium in a 3000 g sample. What is the

concentration of selenium in parts per million? (1.3 ppm)
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5. Use the following nutritional information from this cereal to determine the parts
per million of the following nutrients in one serving of the cereal

a) Sodium (5233.3 ppm)

b) Carbohydrates (833333.3 ppm)

c) Protein (63333.3 ppm)