Pressure Conversion Problems

1. The air pressure for a certain tire is 109 kPa. What is this pressure in atmospheres?

• 0.98 atm

• 1.08 atm

• 1.03 atm

• 1.01 atm

2. The air pressure inside a submarine is 0.62 atm. What would be the height of a column of mercury balanced by this pressure?

• 46.3 cm

• 47.1 cm

• 48.2 cm

• 49.5 cm

3. The weather news gives the atmospheric pressure as 1.07 atm. What is this atmospheric pressure in torr?

• 812.2 torr

• 813.2 torr

• 814.2 torr

• 815.2 torr

4. An experiment at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico is performed at an atmospheric pressure of 758.7 mm Hg. What is this pressure in atm?

• 0.998 atm

• 1.000 atm

• 1.002 atm

• 1.005 atm

5. A bag of potato chips is sealed in a factory near sea level. The atmospheric pressure at the factory is 761.3 mm Hg. The pressure inside the bag is the same. What is the pressure inside the bag of potato chips in Pa?

• 101500 Pa

• 101300 Pa

• 101000 Pa

• 100000 Pa

6. The same bag of potato chips from Problem 5 is shipped to a town in Colorado, where the atmospheric pressure is 99.82 kPa. What is the difference (in Pa) between the pressure in the bag and the atmospheric pressure of the town?

• 1000 Pa

• 1018 Pa

• 10182 Pa

• 101820 Pa

7. The pressure gauge on a compressed air tank reads 43.2 lb/in². What is the pressure in atm?

• 2.94 atm

• 3.00 atm

• 2.95 atm

• 2.96 atm

8. The pressure in the tire of an automobile is 34.8 lb/in². What is the pressure in kPa?

• 239.94 kPa

• 240.00 kPa

• 239.90 kPa

• 240.10 kPa

What is this pressure in atmospheres?

• 1.08 atm

• 0.95 atm

• 1.15 atm

• 1.00 atm

What would be the height of a column of mercury balanced by this pressure?

• 471 mm Hg

• 500 mm Hg

• 450 mm Hg

• 490 mm Hg