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Using Measurements: P A - A, P, & P E

The document provides information and questions about measurements, accuracy, precision, percent error, significant figures, and scientific notation. It includes a sample data set measuring a pencil's length that demonstrates poor accuracy but good precision. It asks students to calculate the percent error of a measurement of naphthalene's boiling point compared to a literature value. The remainder of the document involves practice with significant figures, unit conversions, and expressing numbers in scientific notation while maintaining significant figures.

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Using Measurements: P A - A, P, & P E

The document provides information and questions about measurements, accuracy, precision, percent error, significant figures, and scientific notation. It includes a sample data set measuring a pencil's length that demonstrates poor accuracy but good precision. It asks students to calculate the percent error of a measurement of naphthalene's boiling point compared to a literature value. The remainder of the document involves practice with significant figures, unit conversions, and expressing numbers in scientific notation while maintaining significant figures.

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Name Period Date

Using Measurements
PART A – ACCURACY, PRECISION, & PERCENT ERROR
1. Each of five students used the same ruler to measure the length of the same pencil. These data
resulted: 15.33 cm, 15.34 cm, 15.33 cm, 15.33 cm, 15.34 cm. The actual length of the pencil was
15.85 cm. Describe whether accuracy and precision are each good or poor for these
measurements.

2. A chemistry student measured the boiling point of naphthalene (C10H8) at 231.0C. What is the
percent error for this measurement if the literature value is 217.9C?

PART B – SIGNIFICANT FIGURES


3. ________________ Using the thermometer on the right, record the temperature
in degrees Celsius. Show the correct number of significant figures.

Determine the number of significant figures in each of the following:

4. 3.57 m 6. 0.004 m3

5. 20.040 g 7. 730 000 kg

Perform the following calculations and express your answers in the correct units and number of
significant figures.

8. (5.14 cm)(6.742 cm) =


10. 45.68 g 11. 1,423 mL
2.8 g + 3.2 g - 40 mL
9. =
6.86  10 - 3 L

PART C – SCIENTIFIC NOTATION


Convert the following numbers into or out of scientific notation. Remember to keep the same number of
significant figures.

12. 0.00003 cm
14. 1.05  105 mm
13. 8,600,000 g
15. 1.00  10-3 m

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