CHEM 110 (BEAMER)
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PRACTICE HOMEWORK 12 – CONVERSION FACTORS 1
CONVERSION FACTORS AND CONVERSION RATIOS
General Information
 This Practice Homework Assignment should be completed by Monday (2/8).
 Do all of the Practice Homework assignments and bring them to class. Keep this in your class notebook.
 Remember that I can ask for any of the Practice Homework assignments at any time to grade.
Reading
 Class Notes: Notes-011
 You will need your textbook.
Practice Questions
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Write the conversion factor. Then write the two conversion ratios.
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Some of the conversion factors require that you use Appendix 1 and Appendix 2
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Remember that some of these conversion factors must be memorized by the first quiz, and definitely by the first
exam.
Example)
2.54 cm is equal to 1 inch. Write the conversion factor and the conversion ratios
conversion factor
2.54 cm = 1 in
1)
(
2.54 cm
)
1 in
(
1 in
)
2.54 cm
Write the conversion factor between seconds and minutes. Then write the conversion ratios.
conversion factor
2)
conversion ratios
conversion ratios
Write the conversion factor between cubic decimeters and liters. Then write the conversion ratios.
conversion factor
conversion ratios
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CHEM 110 (BEAMER)
3)
Write the conversion factor between milliseconds and seconds. Then write the conversion ratios.
conversion factor
4)
Write the conversion factor between hertz (Hz) and terahertz (THz). Then write the conversion ratios.
conversion factor
5)
conversion ratios
From page 36 in the textbook, Chapter 2, Section 4, there is a table of metric/English conversion factors. Write
the conversion factor between pounds and grams. Then write the two conversion ratios. You must use the values
from the textbook. Do not go to the internet. I don’t want to deal with 15 variations of the same answer.
conversion factor
7)
conversion ratios
Write the conversion factor between nanometers and meters. Then write the conversion ratios.
conversion factor
6)
conversion ratios
conversion ratios
From page 36 in the textbook, Chapter 2, Section 4, there is a table of metric/English conversion factors. Write
the conversion factor between milliliters and quarts. Then write the two conversion ratios. You must use the
values from the textbook. Do not go to the internet. I don’t want to deal with 15 variations of the same answer.
conversion factor
conversion ratios
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