10/27 Practice Problems

Advanced Conversions, Moles, Percentages & Heat Transfer

Category 1 Advanced Multi-Step Conversions

Problem 1

A smartphone screen is 6.2 inches long and 2.9 inches wide. What is the area of the screen in square centimeters? (1 inch = 2.54 cm)

Problem 2

A pharmaceutical company produces pills that contain 325 mg of acetaminophen each. If a bottle contains 250 pills, what is the total mass of acetaminophen in the bottle in ounces? (1 oz = 28.35 g)

Category 2 Mole Conversions & Chemical Calculations

Problem 3

How many moles of water (H₂O) are in 54.0 grams of water?

Problem 4

A sample of sodium chloride (NaCl) contains \(3.01 \times 10^{23}\) formula units. How many moles of NaCl is this?

Problem 5

How many atoms of carbon are present in 11.0 grams of propane, C₃H₈? (Hint: First find moles of propane, then find moles of carbon atoms, then convert to atoms.)

Category 3 Percentages in Chemistry Calculations

Problem 6

A brass key has a mass of 12.5 grams and is 65% copper. How many grams of copper are in the key?

Problem 7

The air in a diving tank contains 21% oxygen by volume. If a diver uses 45 liters of air from the tank during a dive, how many liters of oxygen did the diver breathe?

Problem 8

The human body is approximately 0.25% potassium by mass. If a person weighs 68 kg, how many grams of potassium does their body contain? Then, calculate how many moles of potassium atoms this represents. (Molar mass of K = 39.1 g/mol)

Category 4 Heat Transfer & Thermal Equilibrium

Problem 9

How much heat energy is required to raise the temperature of 250 g of water from 20°C to 85°C? (\(c_{\text{water}} = 4.18\) J/g°C)

Problem 10

A 75.0 g piece of copper at 95°C is placed in 200 g of water at 22°C. What will be the final temperature when thermal equilibrium is reached? (\(c_{\text{copper}} = 0.385\) J/g°C, \(c_{\text{water}} = 4.18\) J/g°C)
Hint: Heat lost by copper = Heat gained by water