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GENERAL PHYSICS PRACTICE I
PROF: NELSON N. GONZALEZ D.
I: perform and enclose the correct answer in a circle
Which of the numbers is written in scientific notation?
A) 4.25 x 100.08
B) 0.425 x 107
C) 42.5 x 105
D) 4.25 x 106
The global population is estimated to be around 6,800,000,000 people. What
Express this number in scientific notation?
A) 7 x 109
B) 0.68 x 1010
C) 6.8 x 109
D) 68 x 108
3) Represents 1.00357 x 10-6in decimal form.
1.00357000000
0.000100357
C) 0.000001357
D)0.00000100357
4) Rewrite 1.57 x 10-10in decimal notation.
15,700,000,000
B)0.000000000157
C) 0.0000000000157
D) 157 x 10-12
5) Evaluate (4 x 10-10) (3 x 105) and express the result in scientific notation.
A) 1.2 x 10-4
B) 12 x 10-5
C) 7 x 10-5
D) 1.2 x 10-50
6) Evaluate (3.15 x 104(5.15 x 10-7and express the result as a decimal. 7
)
A)0.0162225 U
B) 162225 n
C) 0.000162225 i
D) 16.2225 d
length, mass, time respectively in the international system;
A) Centimeter, gram, second
B)Kilometro, kilogramo, segundo
C)Foot, pound, minute
D) meter, kilogram, second
II. convert and express the result in scientific notation.
1000m
75000 m 75km x =75,000m
1km
Scientific notation: 7.5x104m
150,000 mx 1 km 150,000 km
150 km = =150m
1,000m 1,000
Scientific notation: 1.5x102km
0.16kg is equal to 160g
3) 0.16 kg to g = =160g
1kg
Scientific notation: 1.6x102g
2,000g x 1kg 2,000kg
20000g to kg = 20kg = =2kg
1,000g 1,000
Scientific notation: 2x100
0.5m210,000 cm²2
50000 cm² =
1m2 ❑
Scientific notation: 5x103m2
6) 12 liters to cm =
12< 10cm
1<¿=120cm¿
Scientific notation: 1.2x102cm
5 minutes 60.0 seconds
7) 5 minutes a segment = =300.0 sec
1.0min
Scientific notation: 3x102seg
16hx3,600sec
8) 16 hours a day = =57,600 seconds
1 hour
Scientific notation: 5.76x104seg
1,800 seconds x 1.0 hours 1,800 hours
9) 1800s a h = = =0.5h
3,600 seconds 3,600
Scientific notation: 5.10-1h
9 km 1,000 m 1h 9,000
10) 9 km/h to m/s = x x = m/s=2.5m/
1h 1km 3,600sec3,600
Scientific notation: 2.5x100
III: Express in scientific notation.
5
720,000 km= 7.2 times 10
0.0032 m = 0.0032 meters
3.2x10−3
c) 0.0408 kg = 4.08 x 10^-2
d) 0.000001 h = 1x10^-6
60,000,000,000 m³ = 6 x 10^10
f) 14,280 kg =
0.10 h
h) 570 km/h
IV: Express the results in decimal of:
a) 6.53x10²= 653
b) 3.70 x 10^6 = 3,700,000
c) 1.5x10^-2= 0.015
d) 4 x 10 = 40
e) 5.9x10³= 5,900
f) 2.06x104= 20,600
V: Write as a power of base 10
a thousand 1,000 = 10^3
one million 1,000,000 = 10^6
One billion 1 000 000 000 = 10 9
one trillion 1,000,000,000,000 = 10^12
Write the following numbers in scientific notation and indicate their digits.
significant figures and their order of magnitude.
5000 Scientific notation: 5x10^3 has no significant figures because it is
an integer, order of magnitude: 3
7.5x10^4
magnitud:4
c) 9000= Scientific notation: 9x10^3, significant figures: the 0. Order of
magnitude: 3.
d) 504 = Scientific notation: 5.4 x 10^2 significant figures: 0 and 4. Order of
magnitude2.
e) 0.0057 = Scientific notation: 5.7 x 10^-3 significant figures: 5 and 7. Order of
magnitud: -3
7.5 x 10^-4
magnitud: -4
8.2 x 10^-1
magnitud: -1
Write in scientific notation the following data:
a) The speed of light in a vacuum is approximately 300,000 km/s.
3x10^5 km/s
b) One light year is the distance that light travels in one year. Its value is,
approximately 9460000000000000 m
9.46x1015
c) The average distance from Saturn to the Sun is 141.8 million kilometers.
1.418x10^8 km
The mass of a pattern is 0.00000000000000000000000000169.
1.69 multiplied by 1028
The diameter of a virus is: 0.0000000267 m.
2.67 times 10-7
Carry out by hand using scientific notation and check afterwards with the
calculator.
a. (3.74x10-101.8 times 1018)
67.32-10 + 18 =6.732 times 108
b. (5.42x1086.8 times 1012)
5.42 multiplied by 6.8 times 108 + 12 =36.856 times 1020= 3.6856x1021
c. (1.2x107) : (5.106)
(1.2/5) 10130.24 times 107+6=0.24 times 1013
d. (6x10-7)2
62x10-7 multiplied by 2 equals36 times 10-14=3.6 times 10-14 + 1 =3.6x10-13
Calculate:
a. 5.3x10 12 - 3.10 x 10^11
3 x 10^-5 + 8.2 x 10^-6
-4x10^-8
7.2 x 10^8 + 1.5 x 10^10
Calculate the operations giving the result with 3 significant figures:
4.51 x 10^6
(7.2x10^-6 - 3) : (5.3x10^-9)
-6.04x10^5
d. 3x10^-10 + 7x10^-9
Calculate in scientific notation without using the calculator:
a. (800,000 : 0.0002) . (0.5 x 10^12)
b. 0.486x10^-5 + 93.10^-9 - 6.10 -7
I. Perform the following conversions:
6 km to m.
2) 5 feet to meters.
3) 10 N per day.
60 kg to N.
5) 8 m to cm
0.25 m
15 feet to meters
35 meters on foot
9) 12 kg to pounds
10) 30 inches to cm
50 kg to N
12) 15 m to yards
0.5 liters to cm³
14) 10 dm to yard
15) 3 gallons to liters
80 feet/s to km/h
1.5 km a m
3000 m to km
100 miles to km
20) 12 miles/h to m/s
21) 200Hg to cg
47m per hour
273 days to hour
1245sg per minute
25) 400 tons to pounds
185 pie to inches
125mg a Mg
490 hours to days
