Table Of Contents
by John Strohl

Instructions
Most of the exercise sets have an interactive part indicated by ¨, as in Exercises 3B¨. These questions have multiple choice answers. Click on your choice. If the answer is correct you will advance to the next question and eventually to the regular exercise set which has answers to all questions. If the answer is wrong, you will be transferred to a section which will explain the nature of the mistake and give you a second chance on a similar question. If the second question is answered correctly, you will end up at the regular exercise set. If the second answer is also incorrect, you will be transferred back to the examples that explain this type of problem.

To start, click on the chapter or section you want from the table of contents.


PREP CHEM

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1 NUMBERS AND ARITHMETIC1
1.1 Exact and Measured Numbers1
1.2 Representing Measured Numbers3
1.3 Addition of Measured Numbers4
1.4 Multiplication of Measured Numbers8
1.5 Addition and Multiplication of Measured Numbers11
1.6 Use of Calculators13
1.7 Exponential Form of Numbers17
1.8 Multiplication of Numbers in Exponential Form20
1.9 Addition of Numbers in Exponential Form22
1.10 Algebraic Rearrangements26
1.11 Percentage and Fraction33
CHAPTER 2 CONVERSION FACTORS39
2.1Methods of Conversion39
2.2 Metric Conversions44
2.3 Derived or Complex Units46
2.4 Temperature Conversion49
2.5 Absolute Temperature54
2.6 Comments About Conversion55
CHAPTER 3ATOMS, COMPOUNDS, and SYMBOLS59
3.1 Symbols for Elements59
3.2 Atoms60
3.3 Compounds66
3.4 Ionic Compounds69
3.5 Covalent Compounds83


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