Practice Calculations - Analytical Chemistry 1

Big Challenge Question Week 1

• “I wonder” gives you an 8.39 mmol / L solution of
compound 207 and asks you to use 2.413 x 10+4 L for
an experiment. The molar mass of compound 207 is
108.72 g/mol. What is the number of molecules do you
have in the 2.413 x 10+4 L?

L1-3
Sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3, is used in baking powder
formulations that are used in fire extinguishers. If 34.7 g
of the compound is dissolved in enough water to make
200.00 mL of solution, what is the molar concentration of
NaHCO3?

Road Map on glassware and calibration

Practice Problems
L1-1 What is the mass of iron (in kg) in a slab that is 4.5
m long, 1.5 m wide and 25 cm thick. The density of iron is
7.874 g / cm3?

Concentration Questions
A. If you took 48.2 g of CHCl3 and dissolved it in 215.34
mL of distilled water, what is the concentration in mol /
L?

L1-2 An Alka-Seltzer tablet contains 324 mg of aspirin

(C9H8O4), 1904 mg of NaHCO3 and 1000.0 mg citric
acid (C6H8O7).
A. how many moles of each substance are in the tablet
B. If you take one tablet, how many molecules of aspirin
are you consuming?
B. If you took 7.3 x 1021 molecules of CN and dissolved
in 427.2 mL of distilled water, what is the
concentration in mol / L?
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C. If you took 367.56 g of Fe2O3 and dissolved it in
502.4 mL of distilled water, what is the concentration
in mol / L?
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Practice Conversion
You need to know how to convert between kilo, nano,
milli, micro and the unit. Any other conversions will be
provided to one of these common units. We focus on
“base units” of meters, grams and liters.
Please try to convert between the following units:
28.3 x 108 fg (femtograms) to dg (decigrams)
14.9 x 104 pg (picograms) to mg
325.6 cL to µL (microliters)
21.5 x 10-1 km to dm (decimeters)
10.8 grams to dag (dekagrams)
3.67 x 106 µg to kg
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Big Challenge Question Week 2 Road Map Sci Not and Sig Figs
L2-1 (1.68) x (7.847) x (1.0000 ÷ 55.85)

L2-2 (0.0546) x [(23.56 – 1.4) ÷ (1.345 x 103)]

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L2-3 (43.7 ÷ 760.0) x (125) = n x (0.082057) x (298.2)
solve for n

L2-4 (456 ÷ 760.0) V = (0.000328) x (0.082057) x (273.15

+19.6) solve for V

Big Math Complex Questions

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Week 1 Discussion Questions

Calculate the # of moles of in 54.5 g of boron trichloride
(BCl3).
1st: Find molecular mass (carry extra significant figures)

2nd: Find number of moles:

Calculate the molarity of a solution containing 284 g of

NaCl(s) (MW = 58.5 g/mol) in 5.20 L of solution.
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An empty volumetric flask had a mass of 20.5898g. After

the addition of water to the fill line (ensuring the bottom of
the meniscus was touching the top of the line) the mass
was 70.3897 g. You recorded the lab temperature to be
21.5 °C, find the volume of water contained in the
volumetric flask.

Is the volumetric flask to within Class A tolerance values?

(50.00 ± 0.05 mL)?

An empty 10 mL volumetric flask weighs 10.2634 g.

When the flask is filled to the mark with distilled water and
weighed again in the air at 28.0 ºC, the mass is 20.2144
g.
The tolerance on the VF is ± 0.03 mL.
• What is the calibration range of the VF?

• What is the true volume of the flask? Week 2 Discussion Questions

Express these numbers in scientific notation:
1. 0.000000027

2. 356

Convert these numbers to nonscientific notation:

1. 1.52x104

An empty weighing bottle had a mass of 10.313 g. After 2. 7.78x10-8

the addition of water from a 25 mL pipet, the mass was
35.225 g. If the lab temperature was 24.0 °C, find the
volume of water delivered from the pipet. Express these numbers in scientific notation:
Is this within tolerance for class A (25.00 ± 0.03 mL)? 1. 453.32 mg

2. 0.0000421 mL

3. 667 000 g

Express the answer in scientific notation:

a. 145.75 + (2.3x10-1)
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What is the final answer?
13.44 + 2.3356 + 102.4 – 23.358
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Round each number as indicated:
A. 1.2367 to 4 significant figures:
B. 1.2384 to 4 significant figures:
C. 0.1352 to 3 significant figures:
D. 2.051 to 2 significant figures:
E. 2.0050 to 3 significant figures:

(2.35 x105) + (4.35x106) - (6.7 x104) + (7.369 x107)

Round off each number to 3 significant figures:

1. 61.40
2. 6.171
3. 0.066494
4. 0.21674
5. 0.2165
6. 0.2165003
Multiply
(4.0 x 10-5) x (7.0 x 103) =

Divide Write each answer with the correct number of digits:

8.5 x 10-4 ÷ 5.0 x 109 = 1.021 + 2.69 =

Express the answers in scientific notation: 12.3 - 1.63 =

79,500 / (2.5x102)

1.0 + 2.1 + 3.4 + 5.8 =

Convert from scientific notation to standard notation 106.9 – 31.4 =

a. 3.221 x10-3 mm

b. 8.940 x105 m 107.868 – (2.113 x102) + (5.623 x103) =

c. 1.35082 x1012 m3

d. 6.4100 x102 km 4.34 x 9.2 =

Significant Figures 0.0602 ÷ (2.114x102) =

How many significant figures are in each of the
following measurements?
A. 24 mL
B. 3001 g (26.14/37.62) x 4.38 =
C. 0.0320 m3
D. 6.4x104
E. 560 kg
F. 3.400 (26.14/3.38) + 4.2 =
G. 3004
H. 300.
I. 0.003040
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Write the following number to the appropriate number of Add and subtract focus on decimal places and multiply
significant figures: and divide focus on sig figs
5.38192586513
• 1 sig fig
• 3 sigfig
• 5 sigfig
• 6 sigfig
• 7 sigfig
• 9 sigfig

Which number is bigger: 10-3 or 10-5?

Which number is bigger: 10-3 or 101?

What is the answer rounded to the number in bracket?

8.65266722402992 (6) =
8.65266722402992 (2) =
8.65266722402992 (1) =
8.65266722402992 (7) =
8.6522992 (6) =
4.5267593500000 (5) =
4.5267593500000 (2) =
4.56594500000 (6) =
4.56594500010 (6) =
4.5267500008000 (5) =

Write each answer with the correct number of significant

figures:
(26.14/37.62) x 4.38

(26.14/3.38) + 4.2

(8.245 + 9.24) x 2.562 =

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Titration Problem What is the volume in mL? Is it in the correct number of
You dissolved 5.2925 g of EDTA (MM 372.24 g/mol; Q= significant figures?
100%) into a 1500 mL VF.

You weighed out 2.6464 g limestone and heated

appropriately, dissolved in dH2O into the same 1500 mL
VF as you used for EDTA (but you washed it first). You
found the blue colour with 67.24 mL of EDTA, for a 35.00
mL volumetric pipette sample.

What is the % Mg for this samples (Mg MM 24.31 g/mol).

Standardization using a standard solution
Standardization of a solution of sulfuric acid required
29.03 mL of 0.06477 M NaOH when exactly 25.00 mL of
H2SO4 was used. What is the molarity of H2SO4?

H2SO4 + 2NaOH → Na2SO4 + 2H2O

# mols NaOH =

# mols H2SO4 =

C(H2SO4) or [H2SO4] =

0.832 g of pure Na2CO3 (MW = 106 g/mol) was

dissolved in water and titrated with 35.2 mL of HCl
Stomach acid, a dilute solution of HCl in water, can be solution to a neutral end point using the indicator
neutralized by reaction with NaHCO3, according to the phenolphthalein. Calculate the molarity of the acid
equation: solution.

HCl(aq) + NaHCO3(aq) NaCl(aq) + H2O(l) + CO2(g) 2 HCl + Na2CO3 → 2 NaCl + H2CO3

How many milliliters of 0.125 M NaHCO3 solution are # mols (Na2CO3) =

needed to neutralize 18.0 mL of 0.100 M HCl?

Find the number of moles of HCl in 18.0 mL of a 0.100 M # mols (HCl) =

solution:

C (HCl) =
Check the coefficients of the balanced equation to
determine the stoichiometric amount:

Calculate the volume of the 0.125 M NaHCO3 solution

needed:
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When potassium dichromate is added to concentrated
hydrochloric acid, it reacts according to the chemical
reaction.
K2Cr2O7(s) + 14 HCl(aq) →
2 K+(aq) + 2Cr3+(aq) + 8 Cl-(aq) + 7 H2O(l) + 3 Cl2(g
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In the analysis of a sample for KH2PO4 content, a
sample weighing 0.4108 g required 34.57 mL of 0.001132
M KOH for titration. The sample as diluted to a 50.0 mL
sample from a 250.0 mL stock. A blank titration was
performed and found to be 0.27 mL. The equation
below represents the reaction involved. What is the
percent KH2PO4 in this sample?

2KOH + KH2PO4 → K3PO4 + 2H2O

Suppose that 6.20 g of K2Cr2O7 reacts with concentrated
HCl and that the final volume of the solution is 100mL.
Calculate both the final concentration of Cr3+(aq) that
results and the chemical amount in moles of the Cl2
product.

Percent Analyte Calculations

In the analysis of a sample for KH2PO4 content, a
sample weighing 0.3994 g required 18.28 mL of 0.1011 M
KOH for titration. The equation below represents the
reaction involved. What is the percent KH2PO4 in this
sample?

2KOH + KH2PO4 → K3PO4 + 2H2O