Problem Set #1: Ali, FALL 2018 Name/class number: Date:

1. Write a summary for chapter 1 from the text book! (Roughly a half a page, but start to think about the
best ways to get the most from the text that is important to the material we covered in class!)

2. Look up a chemistry phenomenon/current event and create an evaluation of this event in terms of the
scientific method! (Hint: This can include topics to define states or matter, changes of molecules,
outside forces, etc. and REMEMBER be creative!)
The following questions are to be calculated with identifying the correct number of significant figures!
3. What is the length in meters of a 100 yard football field?

4. If a professional basketball player was 6.75 feet tall, what would be his equivalent height in centimeters?

5. One of the oldest elephants on record lived for 130. years. How many minutes is that?

6. How many gallons of soft drink are there in a 2.0 liter bottle?

7. A 40.0 ounce box of cereal contains how many kilograms of cereal?

8. The speed limit on many Australian highways is 100.0 kilometers per hour. Convert this to miles per
hour.

Some Common Conversions

Quantity English—English Metric—English
Length 1 ft ≡ 12 in 2.54 cm ≡ 1 in
1 yd ≡ 3 ft ≡ 36 in
1 mi ≡ 5280 ft
Volume 1 qt ≡ 4 cups 1 L = 1.05669 qt
1 qt ≡ 2 pints 1 fl oz = 29.574 mL
1 gal ≡ 128 fl oz
1 gal = 3.78541 L
1 gal ≡ 4 qt
Mass 1 lb ≡ 16 oz 1 lb = 453.59 g
Time 1 yr = 365.25 days 1 hr ≡ 60 min
1 day ≡ 24 hr 1 min ≡ 60 sec