Measurements
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Practice Problems
Key Points about Density
100

1.0 g/mL

What is the density of water?

100

Mass / Volume

What is the formula for density?

100

The measurement of how much mass of a substance is contained in a given volume? 

What is density?

100

The mass is 4.67g. The volume is 32.8mL. Find the density and say if it sinks or floats. 

0.14mL. The object sinks. 

100

When measuring the volume of a solid object, what unit is usually expressed in? 

In cubic centimeters. 

200

Greater than 1.0 g/mL

What is the density of an object that sinks in water?

200

Mass / Density 

What is the formula for volume?

200

The amount of space an object takes up.

What is volume?

200

The density is 1.74g/mL. The volume is 12mL. Find the mass. 

20.9g

200

If a wooden block were cut into eight identical pieces, the density of each piece compared to the density of the original block would be? 

The same. 

300

Less than 1.0 g/mL

What is the density of an object that floats in water?

300

Density X Volume

What is the formula for mass?

300

The measurement of the amount of matter in an object. 

What is mass? 

300

The mass is 22.95g. The volume is 15.45cm3. Find the density. Does it sink or float? 

1.5g/mL. The object sinks 

300

What is the density of an object with a volume of 5cmand a mass of 25g? 

5g/cm3

400

What happens if you pour liquids that have different densities?

The liquid with the highest density will be on the bottom. The liquid with the lowest density will be on the top. 

400

An object has the mass of 45.87g and the volume of 21.42mL. Find the density. 

2.1 g/mL

400

What are the units of density? 

g/mL

400

The mass is 41g. The density is 3.2g/mL. Find the volume. 

12.8mL

400

A liquid has a mass of 100g. Its volume is 40mL. The liquid has a density of?

2.5g/mL

500

The mass is 4.6g. The volume is 12.5mL. Find the density. Does it sink or float? 

0.4g/mL. It floats 

500

An object has the density of 4.67g/mL and the volume of 3.91 mL. What is the mass? 

18.3g 

500

An object has the density of 12.36g/mL and the mass of 6.52g. What is the volume? 

1.9mL

500

A pebble has a mass of 35g and a volume of 14 cubic centimeters. What is its density? 

2.5g/cm3

500

A liquid has a density of 10g/mL and a volume of 7mL. What is its mass? 

70.0g

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