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Dimensional Analysis

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many miles will a person run during a 10.0 kilometer race?

a)

6.2 miles

b)

6.21 miles

c)

1.61 miles

d)

1.6 miles

2.

The moon is 250,000 miles from earth. How many feet is that?

a)

47, 348 ft.

b)

47 ft.

c)

1.32 X 109 ft.

d)

1.3 X 109 ft.

3.

A family pool holds 10,000.0 gallons of water. How many cubic meters (m3) is this?

a)

37,900.0 cm3

b)

37,900.0 m3

c)

37,900 m3

d)

40,000.0 m3

4.

How many minutes are in a school year, 187 days?

a)

269,280 min.

b)

16, 200 min.

c)

16, 156 min.

d)

269,000 min.

5.

If a person weighs 125.0 lbs, how many milligrams do they weigh?

a)

56,820, 000 mg

b)

56,818,181 mg

c)

56, 820 mg

d)

56, 818 mg

6.

Santa Maria has an elevation of 6.30 X 105 mm. How many Mm is this elevation?

a)

6.30 X 102 Mm

b)

6.3 X 10-2 Mm

c)

0.00063 Mm

d)

0.000630 Mm

7.

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

a)

73 cm

b)

73.2 cm

c)

74 cm

d)

73.152 cm

8.

How many grams are equivalent to 1.800 X 10-4 tons?

a)

163.30 g

b)

163.296 g

c)

164 g

d)

163.3 g

9.

Americans drink 5, 604, 000 gallons of sweet tea each day. How many liters is that?

a)

21,200,000 L

b)

21,220,000 L

c)

21,207, 190.2 L

d)

21,000,000 L

10.

What is the conversion for g-->mg?

a)

1 g --> 1/1000 mg

b)

1 g --> 100 mg

c)

1000 g --> 1 mg

d)

1 g --> 1000 mg

11.

What is the conversion for m-->Hm

a)

1 Hm --> 100 m

b)

1 m --> 100 Hm

c)

1 m --> 10 Hm

d)

1000 m --> 1 Hm

12.

What is the conversion for L --> dL

a)

1 L --> 100 dL

b)

1000 L --> 1 dL

c)

1 L --> 10 dL

d)

10 L --> 1 dL

13.

How many centimeters are in an inch?

a)

2.54 inches

b)

2.54 cm

c)

12 inches

d)

10 cm

14.

What is the first step when solving dimensional analysis problems?

a)

Write your plan

b)

Put your "known" over 1

c)

Identify your "known" and "unknown"

d)

Cross out units that are opposite each other

15.

What is the second step when solving dimensional analysis problems?

a)

Write your plan

b)

Put your "known" over 1

c)

Identify your "known" and "unknown"

d)

Cross out units that are opposite each other

16.

What is the third step when solving dimensional analysis problems?

a)

Write your plan

b)

Put your "known" over 1

c)

Identify your "known" and "unknown"

d)

Cross out units that are opposite each other

17.

What does the prefix "Mega-" represent?

a)

1,000,000

b)

1/1,000,000

c)

10,000,000

d)

100,000

18.

What does the prefix "micro-" represent?

a)

1,000,000

b)

1/1,000,000

c)

10,000,000

d)

100,000

19.

Because our goal in life is to make other people better, you get paid $5.00 every time you do something nice for someone else. You do a minimum of 25 nice things everyday for 1 year. How much money would you make a year?

a)

$45, 625

b)

$1,820

c)

$1,826

d)

$45,600

20.

You never learned dimensional analysis so you have been working at a fast food restaurant for 35.0000 years wrapping burgers. Each hour you wrap 184 burgers. You work 8 hours per day, 5 days a week. How many burgers have you wrapped? (1 year --> 52 weeks)

a)

13,395,200 burgers

b)

18,753,300 burgers

c)

40,185,600 burgers

d)

56,259,800 burgers