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DAY 14 DAY 14 – Sig figs / Scientific Notation Day 15 - Density LAB Day 16 – Measurement / sig fig quiz
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Density Lab Materials; – Cork stopper, Rubber stopper, Nut and bolt – Graduated cylinder, water Formula: D=M/V Data Table: MASSVOLUMEDENSITY Final (mL)Initial (mL)Volume Cork Stopper Rubber Stopper Nut & Bolt
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Scientific Notation What's the goal of Scientific Notation? – Condense the number that is written Example: What would you rather write – 0.00000000000000000456 Or – 4.56 x 10 -18
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Rules of Scientific Notation It’s all about the decimal point! And power of 10! Example:645,000 1 st … move the decimal point so one # is to the left of it 6.45000 2 nd … place “x 10” to the right 6.45000 x 10 3 rd … count the number of spaces you moved the decimal point. 6.45000 X 10 5 Almost Done!
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6.45000 X 10 5 Now get rid of the zeros 6.45 X 10 5 Rules: #1..moving the decimal point to the left… the exponent gets bigger #2… moving the decimal point to the right… the exponent gets smaller 64.5 X 10… what's the exponent 6.45 X 10 4
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Adding Exponents Rules: 1 st … exponents need to be the same. Move the decimal point until the two numbers have the same exponent 2 nd … add OR subtract the numbers… not the exponents. Example: Add the following #s…Follow the Rules 6.45 x 10 5 3.11 x 10 4 Answer: 6.76 x 10 5
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Convert to Scientific Notation Pretest 134,000 5,400 0.001034 0.00078
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Pretest Multiply (2 x 10 3 ) x (3 x 10 2 ) Divide (9 x 10 8 ) ÷ (3 x 10 -4 )
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Multiplying / Dividing Multiplying Rules: – 1 st … multiply the numbers – 2 nd … add the exponents Dividing Rules – 1 st … divide the numbers – 2 nd … subtract the exponents
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Practice Problems Multiply (2 x 10 3 ) x (3 x 10 2 ) = Divide (9 x 10 8 ) ÷ (3 x 10 -4 ) =
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Conversions Rules: 1 st … write down what you know 2 nd … write down what you want to know 3 rd … what conversion factor are you going to use to get there? Convert 48km to meters (factor: 1km=1000meters) =______m or 48000
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Types of Measurements Precise vs. Accurate
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Percent Error The Accepted value is a known value Error = Accepted - Measured
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% error example The accepted density for copper is 8.96g/mL. Calculate the percent error for each of these measurements. 8.86 g/mL 8.92 g/mL 9.00 g/mL 8.98 g/mL 1.11%.45%.22%
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Significant Figures or Sig Figs Tells the how precise the measurement is Example: Which is more precise? 3.5 or 3.52g
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Rules for Sig Figs – pg. 39 1.Non-zero umbers are always significant 2.Zeros between non-zero numbers are always significant 3.All final zeros to the right of the decimal place are significant. 4.Zeros that act as placeholders are NOT significant. Convert quantities to scientific notation to remove the placeholders. 5.Counting numbers and defined constants have an infinite number of significant figures.
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Examples – use your rules Which numbers are significant? 72.3 60.5 6.20 0.0253 4320 125000 Help yourself out – convert to Scientific Notation
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