Exam 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -A person on a diet loses 1.6 kg in a week. How many micrograms/second are lost?

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m, respectively. Multiplying, your calculator gives the product as 0.68175 . Rounding properly to the correct number of significant figures, the area should be written as

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -The shortest wavelength of visible light is approximately 400 nm. Express this wavelength in centimeters.

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -The wavelength of a certain laser is 0.35 micrometers, where 1 micrometer Express this wavelength in nanometers.

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -Express in scientific notation.

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -What is to the proper number of significant figures?

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -A certain CD-ROM disk can store approximately megabytes of information, where bytes =1 megabyte. If an average word requires 9.0 bytes of storage, how many words can be stored on one disk?

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -A plot of land contains 5.8 acres. How many square meters does it contain?

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. -Approximately how many pennies would you have to stack to reach an average 8-foot ceiling?