Laboratory Mathematics
Instructional Objectives
2006
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Objectives
Laboratory Mathematics:
At the completion of this section the student
will be able to:
1) Explain
the concept of significant figures and cite rules utilized for rounding off and
figure retention in order to generate significant figures.
2) Describe
how exponents are used in scientific notation.
3) Perform
arithmetic manipulations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
using scientific notation.
4) Differentiate
between ratio and proportion and demonstrate how to use the concept of
proportion to determine unknown ratios.
5) Outline
the metric system of measurement. Cite
the proper terminology for describing mass, length and volume using metric
notation.
6) Convert
units of measurement (i.e. metric to English, English to metric).
7) Define
molarity, molality,
normality, per cent and density.
8) Calculate,
for a given solution, the molarity, normality, per
cent concentration of the solution and convert among the various measures of
concentration.
9) Explain
the concept of serial dilution.
10) Illustrate for a given volume of solute and solvent, how to
perform a specified serial dilution.
11) Determine, for a given dilution series, the tube dilution and
total (solution) dilution for each tube in the series.