Placement Pre-Test for CVC Advanced Honors Chemistry

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CVC Advanced Honors Chemistry is a very rigorous and intense course that requires excellent math and word-problem solving skills. This pre-test is not mandatory in order to register for Advanced Honors Chemistry but having your student complete the test could be helpful in determining whether his/her math skills are on par with what is needed to be successful in the course. A student should be able to complete the test in the allotted time and following the directions of each section and have at least 11/13 correct at the end of the pre-test. ~with thanks to the RSC and High Point University

MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION

This section of the pre-test should be completed WITHOUT the use of a calculator. It should take the student no longer than 15 minutes to complete this section.

1. A bag of apples contains 6 green apples and 8 red apples. What is the approximate percentage of green apples? *

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(a) 43%

(b) 57%

(d) 75%

(e) 80%

2. Which of the following values is consistent with 9.17%? *

1 point

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

3. A reaction requires 4 min 15 sec to complete. Which of the following is a correct representation of that time period? *

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(a) 55 sec

(b) 4.25 min

(d) 245 sec

(e) 4.15 min

4. How many significant figures does the following number have: 1032.200 *

1 point

(a) 4

(b) 5

(d) 7

(e) 8

5. Considering significant digits, what is the correct answer to this problem? 101.22 + 222.3 = *

1 point

(a) 323.520

(b) 323.52

(d) 323

(e) 320

6. Given the following equation, what does f equal? *

1 point

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

7. A "cubit" is an ancient measurement now defined as: 1.0 cubit (c) = 45.72 cm. Which of the following computations should you use to convert a measurement of 0.33 c to centimeters? *

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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

8. If 6p-3 = 8p-9, then p= *

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(a) -6

(b) -3

(d) -6/7

(e) 6/7

9. Find the values of x and y that satisfy both of these equations simultaneously: 2x+y=2 and 2x-y=6 *

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(a) (-2, 6)

(b) (3, -4)

(d) (0, 2)

(e) (2, -2)

10. Using the graph below, which of the following is correct language to use about this graph? *

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(a) This is a graph of the kinetics experiment vs. time.

(b) This is a graph of the kinetics experiment vs. product concentration.

(d) This is a graph of product concentration vs. time.

(e) All of the statements above describe this graph correctly.

11. What is the value of the expression below? *

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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

12. Which of the following shows 0.02156 in scientific notation? *

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(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

SHORT ANSWER SECTION

This section of the pre-test may be completed WITH the use of a calculator. It should take the student no longer than 5 minutes to complete this section.

13. If there are 7.7 billion people on the earth and if each person is capable of counting 2 atoms per second, how many days would it take to count 602 trillion atoms? Give your answer to 3 decimal places, rounded correctly. (Just give a numerical answer - don't type "days" after the digits.) *

1 point

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