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Learning Check. What is the length of the wooden stick? 1) 4.5 cm 2) 4.58 cm 3) 4.584 cm. Measurement and Significant Figures. Every experimental measurement has a degree of uncertainty. The volume, V, at right is certain in the 10 ’ s place, 10mL<V<20mL

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  1. Learning Check What is the length of the wooden stick? 1) 4.5 cm 2) 4.58 cm 3) 4.584 cm

  2. Chapter Two Measurement and Significant Figures • Every experimental measurement has a degree of uncertainty. • The volume, V, at right is certain in the 10’s place, 10mL<V<20mL • The 1’s digit is also certain, 17mL<V<18mL • A best guess is needed for the tenths place. 17.6 ML

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  6. Scientific Notation • # from 1 to 9.999 x 10exponent • 800 = 8 x 10 x 10 • = 8 x 102 • 2531 = 2.531 x 10 x 10 x 10 • = 2.531 x 103 • 0.0014 = 1.4 ÷ 10 ÷ 10 ÷ 10 • = 1.4 x 10-3

  7. Change to standard form. • 1.87 x 10–5 = • 3.7 x 108 = • 7.88 x 101 = • 2.164 x 10–2 = 0.0000187 370,000,000 78.8 0.02164

  8. Change to scientific notation. • 12,340 = • 0.369 = • 0.008 = • 1,000. = 1.234 x 104 3.69 x 10–1 8 x 10–3 1.000 x 109

  9. No Cussing! The following 4-Letter words are forbidden here: Inch Mile Foot Pint Yard Acre And we never swear the BIG F (useoC) Please keep it clean and Metric

  10. SI System • The International System of Units • Derived Units Commonly Used in Chemistry Map of the world where red represents countries whichdo not use the metric system

  11. The International System of Units • Length meter m • Mass kilogram kg • Time second s • Amount of substance mole mol • Temperature Kelvin K • Electric current amperes amps • Luminous intensity candela cd Quantity Name Symbol Dorin, Demmin, Gabel, Chemistry The Study of Matter , 3rd Edition, 1990, page 16

  12. NEED TO KNOW Prefixes in the SI System Power of 10 for Prefix Symbol Meaning Scientific Notation _________________________________________________________ mega- M 1,000,000 106 kilo- k 1,000 103 deci- d 0.1 10-1 centi- c 0.01 10-2 milli- m 0.001 10-3 micro-m 0.000001 10-6 nano- n 0.000000001 10-9

  13. Certain Digits Uncertain Digit Significant figures • Method used to express accuracy and precision. • You can’t report numbers better than the method used to measure them. • 67.20 cm = four significant figures ???

  14. Significant figures • The number of significant digits is independent of the decimal point. • 255 • 31.7 • 5.60 • 0.934 • 0.0150 These numbers All have three significant figures!

  15. Rules for Counting Significant figures • Every non-zero digit is ALWAYS significant! • Zeros are what will give you a headache! • They are used/misused all of the time. • SEE p.24 in your book!

  16. 4,008 - four significant figures 0.421 - three significant figures Leading zero Captive zeros 114.20 - five significant figures Trailing zero Rules for zeros ??? • Leading zeros are notsignificant. • Captive zeros are always significant! ??? Trailing zeros are significant … IF there’s a decimal point in the number! ???

  17. Examples • 250 mg • \__ 2 significant figures • 120. km • \__ 3 significant figures • 0.00230 kg • \__ 3 significant figures • 23,600.01 s • \__ 7 significant figures

  18. Significant figures:Rules for zeros • Scientific notation - can be used to clearly express significant figures. • A properly written number in scientific notation always has the proper number of significant figures. 0.00321 = 3.21 x 10-3 Three Significant Figures

  19. Significant figures and calculations • An answer can’t have more significant figures than the quantities used to produce it. • Example • How fast did you run if you • went 1.0 km in 3.0 minutes? 0.333333 speed = 1.0 km 3.0 min = 0.33 km min

  20. ONLY 3 SIG FIGS! ONLY 2 SIG FIGS! Significant figures and calculations • Multiplication and division. • Your answer should have the same number of sig figs as the original number with the smallest number of significant figures. 21.4 cm x 3.095768 cm = 66.2 cm2 135 km ÷ 2.0 hr = 68 km/hr

  21. 123.45987 g + 234.11 g 357.57 g 805.4 g - 721.67912 g 83.7 g Significant figures and calculations • Addition and subtraction • Your answer should have the same number of digits to the right of the decimal point as the number having the fewest to start with.

  22. Rounding off numbers • After calculations, you may need to round off. • If the first insignificant digit is 5 or more, you round up • If the first insignificant digit is 4 or less, you round down.

  23. Examples of rounding off If a set of calculations gave you the following numbers and you knew each was supposed to have four significant figures then - 2.5795035 becomes 2.580 34.204221 becomes 34.20 1st insignificant digit

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