1. What is the conversion factor for (minutes)2 to
(seconds)2?
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2. Which is larger, a pound-mass or a kilogram?
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3. How many centimeters are in a foot?
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4. How many square centimeters are in a square foot?
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5. Which of the following quantities is countable (rather than
measurable)?
a. The mass of a bushel of apples;
b. The volume of cider pressed from the apples;
c. The velocity of a falling apple;
d. The apple trees in an orchard.
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6. Which of the following quantities is measurable (rather than
countable)?
a. The chickens in a hen house;
b. The cartons of eggs in a grocery;
c. The scrambled eggs on a platter;
d. The hard-boiled eggs in a pot.
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7. What is the first unit for countable objects that you encountered
as a child?
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8. What is the conversion factor needed to convert millimeters
to centimeters?
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9. What is the conversion factor needed to convert square feet
to square inches?
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10. Which set of conversion factors would you use to convert
the quantity 28.94 J/(g-mol °C) to units of Btu/(lbm-mol
°F)? Note: be sure that the numerator and denominator have
the correct units.
a.
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1 J / 9.486 x 10-4 Btu
1000 g-mol / 2.20462 lbm-mol
1.8 °F / 1 °C
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b.
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1 J / 9.486 x 10-4 Btu
2.20462 lbm-mol / 1000 g-mol
1.8 °F / 1 °C
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c.
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9.486 x 10-4 Btu / 1 J
1000 g-mol / 2.20462 lbm-mol
1°C / 1.8 °F
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d.
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1 J / 9.486 x 10-4 Btu
1000 g-mol / 2.20462 lbm-mol
1 °C / 1.8 °F
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