Chapter 2 Flashcards
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nano symbol/factor (10^x)
n/10^-9
micro symbol/factor (10^x) symbol is backwards y
backwards y/10^-6
milli symbol/factor (10^x)
m/10^-3
centi symbol/factor (10^x)
c/10^-2
kilo symbol/factor (10^x)
k/10^3
length SI name/symbol
meter/m
mass SI name/symbol
kilogram/kg
time SI name/symbol
second/s
temp SI name/symbol
kelvin/k
amount SI name/symbol
mole/mol
what do you cancel out in conversion factors?
units
density equation
D=m/v
what do you round to with adding/subtracting
smallest amount of decimal places
what do you round to with multiplication/division
smallest amount of significant figures
express with appropriate prefix: 0.000000005m
5nm
how many sig figs: 930900
4
how many sig figs: 0.00240
3
how many sig figs: 930900.
6
how many sig figs: 0.000000429
3
solve and round to correct amount of number places: 54.26+8.024
62.28
solve and round to correct amount of number places: 11.11x0.28
3.1
use dimensional analysis to solve for how many seconds are in 4 hours
14400s
a nurse wants to administer morphine to a boy that weighs 62lbs and the dose is listed as 0.20 mg per kg of body weight. the medication contains 2.0mg in every 1.0mL. How many milliliters should be given? (2.2lbs=1kg) pay attention to sig figs
2.8mL
a capsule contains 80wt% caffeine, write this percentage as a conversion factor.
80g caffeine/100g capsule