Dimensional Analysis Practice

Americans drink 5,604,000 gallons of sweet tea each day. How many liters is that? (1 gal = 3.79 L)

• 21,200,000 L

• 21,240,000 L

• 21,207,190.2 L

• 21,000,000 L

How many kilograms of calcium are there in 173 pounds of calcium? (1 lb = 454 g; 1 kg = 1000 g)

• 1.10 kg

• 78.5 kg

• 110 kg

• 78500 kg

Convert 62 miles/hour to feet/second

• 5,456 feet/second

• .003 feet/second

• 90.9 feet/second

• 909 feet/second

Complete the statement:
5 cm/min = ______ m/day
(100 cm = 1 m)

• 72
• 840
• 7.2
• 5,040,000

A child weighs 40.0 lb and is to receive 0.10 mg of an antibiotic for each kg of body weight. How many milligrams of the antibiotic shall the child receive? 1 kg = 2.2 lbs

• 18.1 mg

• 181 mg

• 0.181 mg

• 1.81 mg

What unit should be in the denominator of the conversion factor?

• yards
• leagues
• feet
• fathoms

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This past summer our rain gauge collected 0.80 yards of rain. Express this amount in centimeters.

• 73 cm

• 73.2 cm

• 74 cm

• 73.152 cm