State the name and type of measurement indicated by the units in each of the following:
A patient has a temperature of 38.5 °C.
A physician orders 1.5 g of cefuroxime for injection.
A physician orders 1 L of a sodium chloride solution to be given intravenously.
A medication is to be given to a patient every 4 h.
A degree Celsius is a unit of temperature.
A gram is a unit of mass.
A liter is a unit of volume.
An hour is a unit of time.
State the names and types of measurements for an infant that is 54.6 cm long with a mass of 5.2 kg.
A centimeter (cm) is a unit of length. A kilogram (kg) is a unit of mass.
Write the abbreviation for each of the following:
gram
degree Celsius
liter
pound
second
g
°C
L
lb
s
State the type of measurement in each of the following statements:
I put 12 L of gasoline in my gas tank.
My friend is 170 cm tall.
Earth is 385 000 km away from the Moon.
The horse won the race by 1.2 s.
volume
length
length
time
State the name of the unit and the type of measurement indicated for each of the following quantities:
4.8 m
325 g
1.5 mL
4.8x10^2s
28 °C
meter, length
gram, mass
milliliter, volume
second, time
degree Celsius, temperature
On a typical day, medical personnel may encounter several situations involving measurement. State the name and typeofmeasurement indicated by the units in each of the following:
The clotting time for a blood sample is 12 s.
A premature baby weighs 2.0 kg.
An antacid tablet contains 1.0 g of calcium carbonate.
An infant has a temperature of 39.2 °C.
second, time
kilogram, mass
gram, mass
degree Celsius, temperature
Identify each of the following numbers as measured or exact, and give the number of significant figures (SFs) in each of the measured numbers:
0.170 L
4 knives
6.3×10^−6s
1m=100cm
measured; three SFs
exact
measured; two SFs
exact
Identify each of the following numbers as measured or exact and give the number of significant figures (SFs) in each of the measured numbers:
0.020 80 kg
5.06×10^4h
4 chemistry books
85 600 s
measured; four SFs
measured; three SFs
exact
measured; three SFs
How many significant figures are in each of the following?
11.005 g
0.000 32 m
36 000 000 km
1.80×10^4kg
0.8250 L
30.0 °C
five SFs
two SFs
two SFs
three SFs
four SFs
three SFs
In which of the following pairs do both numbers contain the same number of significant figures?
11.0 m and 11.00 m
0.0250 m and 0.205 m
0.000 12 s and 12 000 s
250.0 L and 2.5×10^−2L
b and c
Indicate if the zeros are significant in each of the following measurements:
0.0038 m
5.04 cm
3.0×10^−3kg
85 000 g
not significant
significant
significant
significant
not significant
Write each of the following in scientific notation with two significant figures:
5000 L
30 000 g
100 000 m
0.000 25 cm
5.0x10^3 L
3.0x10^4 g
1.0x10^5 m
2.5x10^-4 cm
Identify the numbers in each of the following statements as measured or exact:
A patient has a mass of 67.5 kg.
A patient is given 2 tablets of medication.
In the metric system, 1 L is equal to 1000 mL.
The distance from Denver, Colorado, to Houston, Texas, is 1720 km.
measured
exact
exact
measured
Identify the measured number(s), if any, in each of the following pairs of numbers:
3 hamburgers and 6 oz of hamburger
1 table and 4 chairs
0.75 lb of grapes and 350 g of butter
60s=1min
6 oz
none
0.75 lb, 350 g
none (definitions are exact)
Identify each of the following as measured or exact, and give the number of significant figures (SFs) in each measured number:
The mass of a neonate is 1.607 kg.
The Daily Value (DV) for iodine for an infant is 130 mcg.
There are 4.02×10^6 red blood cells in a blood sample.
In November, 23 babies were born in a hospital.
measured, four SFs
measured, two SFs
measured, three SFs
exact
Round off or add zeros to each of the following measurements to give three significant figures
35.7823 m
0.002 621 7 L
3.8268×10^3g
8 s
35.8 m
0.002 62 L
3.83×10^3g
8.00 s
Round off each of the measurements in to two significant figures.
35.7823 m
0.002 621 7 L
3.8268×10^3g
8 s
36 m
0.0026 L
3.8×10^3g
8.0 s
Perform the following calculations with measured numbers, and give the answers with the correct number of significant figures:
45.26×0.01088
2.6÷324
16
0.4924
0.0080 or 8.0×10^−3
2.0
Perform the following calculations with measured numbers, and give each answer with the correct number of decimal places:
82.45+1.245+0.00056
4.259−3.8
83.70
0.5
Round off each of the following calculator answers to three significant figures:
1.854 kg
88.2038 L
0.004 738 265 cm
8807 m
1.832×10^5s
1.85 kg
88.2 L
0.004 74 cm
8810 m
1.83x10^5 s
Round off or add zeros to each of the following to three significant figures:
56.855 m
0.002 282 g
11 527 s
8.1 L
56.9 m
0.002 28 g
11 500 s (1.15×10^4s)
8.10 L
Perform each of the following calculations, and give an answer with the correct number of decimal places:
45.48+8.057
23.45+104.1+0.025
145.675−24.2
1.08−0.585
2300+196.11
145.111−22.9+34.49
53.54
127.6
121.5
0.50
2500
156.7
1m=___mm
1cm=___mm
1m=1000mm
1cm=10mm
What is the relationship between millimeters and micrometers?
What is the relationship between liters and centiliters?
1mm=1000𝜇m (mcm)
1L=100cL