Ch. 2:  Measurement and Problem Solving

After studying this chapter you should be able to:

• Work with numbers in scientific notation
• Read a measuring device to the correct number of significant figures
• Determine the number of significant figures in a measurement
• Perform addition and subtraction calculations with the correct number of significant figures
• Perform multiplication and division calculations with the correct number of significant figures
• Perform multi-step calculations (involving both addition/subtraction and multiplication/division) with the correct number of significant figures
• Know the base units and abbreviations used in the metric system
• Know the basic prefixes and abbreviations used in the metric system
• Perform dimensional analysis problems to convert from one metric unit to another metric unit
• Perform dimensional analysis problems to convert from a metric unit to an English unit of measurement
• Perform conversion problems involving volume units which are raised to a power
• Perform both simple dimensional analysis problems and complex dimensional analysis problems
• Solve problems involving density