Here is your chance to apply what you've learned in this chapter. 

Math skills are always important in biology. As you move to the next chapters, you will be asked to know more and more math. I hope this chapter helped you become more familiar with math questions. 

Chapter 1 Quiz:

1. Convert the following scientific notations into decimal numbers.
 
a. 5.8 * 102
b. 1.2 * 10-3
c. 9.30001 * 100
2. State the number of significant digits:
 
a. 1.10
b. 0.000000023000
c. 12004
3. Solve the following problem with correct numbers of significant digits.
 
a. 7.29 + 2.0001 - 3.2
b. 100.3 - 5.2 * 3.11
c. 2.1 * 5.2 - 1.45 / 0.02303
4. Solve the following equation for x.
 
a. 5 = 2x - 1
b. 36 = 4x2
c. 5x = 15
5. You are looking up at the top of a building at 30 degrees. If the building is 20 m tall, how far are you from the building? Assume that you are 1.70 m tall. (e.g. "10.5 m") 
 
 

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