Basic Mathematics for College Students

88. THE SUEZ CANAL The 163-km-long Suez Canal
    connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. It
    provides a shortcut for ships operating between
    European and American ports. Convert the length of
    the Suez Canal to meters.


89. SKYSCRAPERS The John Hancock Center in
    Chicago has 100 stories and is 343 meters high. Give
    this height in hectometers.


90. WEIGHT OF A BABY A baby weighs 4 kilograms.
    Give this weight in centigrams.


91. HEALTH CARE Blood
    pressure is measured by a
    sphygmomanometer(see
    at right).The measurement
    is read at two points
    and is expressed, for
    example, as 120/80.
    This indicates a
    systolicpressure of
    120 millimeters of
    mercury and a diastolic
    pressure of 80 millimeters of mercury. Convert each
    measurement to centimeters of mercury.


92. JEWELRY A gold chain weighs 1,500 milligrams.
    Give this weight in grams.


93. EYE DROPPERS One drop from an eye dropper
    is 0.05 mL. Convert the capacity of one drop to
    liters.


94. BOTTLING How many liters of wine are in a
    750-mL bottle?


95. MEDICINE A bottle of hydrochlorothiazine contains
    60 tablets. If each tablet contains 50 milligrams of active
    ingredient, how many grams of active ingredient are in
    the bottle?


96. IBUPROFEN
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    weight, in grams,
    of all the tablets
    in the box shown
    at right?

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97. SIX PACKS Some stores sell Fanta orange soda in
    0.5 liter bottles. How many milliliters are there in a
    six pack of this size bottle?


98. CONTAINERS How many deciliters of root beer
    are in two2-liter bottles?


99. OLIVES The net weight of a bottle of olives is 284
    grams. Find the smallest number of bottles that must
    be purchased to have at least 1 kilogram of olives.


100. COFFEE A can of Cafe Vienna has a net weight of
     133 grams. Find the smallest number of cans that
     must be packaged to have at least 1 metric ton of
     coffee. (Hint:1 metric ton 1,000 kg.)


101. INJECTIONS The illustration below shows a
     3cc syringe. Express its capacity using units of
     milliliters.


102. MEDICAL SUPPLIES A doctor ordered 2,000 cc
     of a saline (salt) solution from a pharmacy. How
     many liters of saline solution is this?


103. To change 3.452 kilometers to meters, we can move
     the decimal point in 3.452 three places to the right to
     get 3,452 meters. Explain why.


104. To change 7,532 grams to kilograms, we can move
     the decimal point in 7,532 three places to the left to
     get 7.532 kilograms. Explain why.


105. A centimeteris one hundredth of a meter. Make a
     list of five other words that begin with the prefix
     centior centand write a definition for each.


106. List the advantages of the metric system of
     measurement as compared to the American system.
     There have been several attempts to bring the
     metric system into general use in the United States.
     Why do you think these efforts have been
     unsuccessful?

Write each fraction as a decimal. Use an overbar in your answer.

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90

11

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