Can you calculate pH, pOH, [H+], [OH-] ?

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no calculator please, approximation only.

warm up:
1) pH= 3 , [H+] = ?

2) pOH=4, pH = ?

3) [H+] = 1 x 10^-2 M , [OH-]= ?

the good stuff:

4) pH = 2.3, [H+] =?
a) 5 x 10^-1 M
b) 5 x 10^-2 M
c) 5 x 10^-3 M
d) 5 x 10^-4 M

5) [OH-] = 7 x 10^8, pOH= ?
a) 6.2
b) 7.2
c) 8.2
d) 7.8

6) pOH = 10.9 , [H+]= ?
a) 8 x 10^-3 M
b) 8 x 10^-4 M
c) 8 x 10^-5 M
d) 8 x 10^-6 M

Let me know if these questions are lame and we do not need to answer these type of questions for the DAT. Or if these are valid questions to understand.
I'll post answers and explanation later tonight. Feel free to explain to us how you got it too. (it took me a really long time to understand how to calculate these)

Thanks. Good luck everyone!!
 
no calculator please, approximation only.

warm up:
1) pH= 3 , [H+] = 1x10^-3

2) pOH=4, pH = 10

3) [H+] = 1 x 10^-2 M , [OH-]= ?

the good stuff:

4) pH = 2.3, [H+] = ?
a) 5 x 10^-1 M
b) 5 x 10^-2 M
c) 5 x 10^-3 M
d) 5 x 10^-4 M

5) [OH-] = 7 x 10^-8, pOH= ?
a) 6.2
b) 7.2
c) 8.2
d) 7.8

6) pOH = 10.9 , [H+]= ?
a) 8 x 10^-3 M
b) 8 x 10^-4 M
c) 8 x 10^-5 M
d) 8 x 10^-6 M

Let me know if these questions are lame and we do not need to answer these type of questions for the DAT. Or if these are valid questions to understand.
I'll post answers and explanation later tonight. Feel free to explain to us how you got it too. (it took me a really long time to understand how to calculate these)

Thanks. Good luck everyone!!

good practice, but you would probably need to know how to use these with Ka of a system...check out some destroyer questions, those are good...but again its good practice to know log pH/pOH and stuff
 
1)10^-3
2)10
3)10^-12
4)6x10^-3
5)7.2
6)8.5x10^-4

The questions are pretty easy but they are good practice.
 
no calculator please, approximation only.

warm up:
1) pH= 3 , [H+] = 1 x 10^-3 M

2) pOH=4, pH = 10

3) [H+] = 1 x 10^-2 M , [OH-]= 1 x 10^-12 M

the good stuff:

4) pH = 2.3, [H+] =?
a) 5 x 10^-1 M
b) 5 x 10^-2 M
c) 5 x 10^-3 M
d) 5 x 10^-4 M

5) [OH-] = 7 x 10^-8, pOH= ?
a) 6.2
b) 7.2
c) 8.2
d) 7.8

6) pOH = 10.9 , [H+]= ?
a) 8 x 10^-3 M
b) 8 x 10^-4 M
c) 8 x 10^-5 M
d) 8 x 10^-6 M

Let me know if these questions are lame and we do not need to answer these type of questions for the DAT. Or if these are valid questions to understand.
I'll post answers and explanation later tonight. Feel free to explain to us how you got it too. (it took me a really long time to understand how to calculate these)

Thanks. Good luck everyone!!

Well if you know the pH goes up by a factor of 10, then it makes things easy. For instance, for the last one, you know the pH is 3.1 so 8 x 10^-4 would be somewhere around between 3.0 and 3.1 since 8 is closer to 10 than to 1!
 
All the previous replies before this are correct. I just barely understood it this morning.

Good luck guys.
 
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