9.5 Measuring Temperature

Converting Fahrenheit to Celsius and back, and recognizing which readings on each scale mean freezing weather, a fever, or boiling water.

Contemporary Mathematics, 9.5 Measuring Temperature

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9.5 Exercise 1

A recipe calls for the oven to be set to 392 °F. What is the temperature in Celsius?

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9.5 Exercise 3

On a sunny afternoon in May, the temperature in London was 20 °C. What was the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit?

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9.5 Exercise 5

A manufacturer requires a vaccine to be stored in a refrigerator at temperatures between 36 °F and 46 °F. The refrigerator in the local pharmacy cools to 3 °C. Can the vaccine be stored safely in the pharmacy’s refrigerator?

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9.5 Exercise 7

Which is the more reasonable value for the temperature of a freezer?

5 °C or
–5 °C?

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9.5 Exercise 9

The average body temperature is generally accepted as 98.6 °F. What is a reasonable value for the average body temperature in degrees Celsius:

98.6 °C,
64.3 °C, or
34.3 °C?

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9.5 Exercise 11

Which is a reasonable temperature for storing chocolate:

28 °C,
18 °C, or
2 °C?

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9.5 Exercise 13

The temperature in the refrigerator is 4 °C. The temperature in the freezer is 21 °C lower. What is the temperature in the freezer?

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9.5 Exercise 15

A scientist was using a liquid that was 35 °C. They needed to heat the liquid to raise the temperature by 6 °C. What was the temperature after the scientist heated it?

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9.5 Exercise 17

The optimum temperature for a chemical compound to develop its unique properties is 392 °F. When the heating process begins, the temperature of the compound is 20 °C. For safety purposes the compound can only be heated 9 °C every 15 minutes. How long until the compound reaches its optimum temperature?

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