Calculating Density of Regular and Irregular Objects

Show all your work on your answer document. D=m/v

• 0.25 g/cm³

• 20 g/cm³

• 4 g/cm³

• 12 g/cm³

A bar of copper has a mass of 216g and a volume of 24cm³. What is the density of copper?

• 9g/cm3

• 11g/cm3

• 5184g/cm3

• 322mL

Frank has a paper clip. It has a mass of 9g and a volume of 3cm³. What is its density?

• 3 g/cm³

• 1/3 g/cm³

• 27 g/cm³

• 39 g/cm³

What is the density of an object that has a mass of 25 g and a volume of 10.0 cm³?

• 250 g/cm³

• 25 g/cm³

• 2.5 g/cm³

• 0.25 g/cm³

The volume of a candy bar is 55cm³. The mass of the candy bar is 70g. What is the density of the candy bar? 

• 2.3g/cm³

• 0.8g/cm³

• 3850g/cm³

• 1.3g/cm³

Frank has an eraser. It has a mass of 4g, and a volume of 2cm³. What is its density?

• 8 g/cm³

• 2 g/cm³

• 1/2 g/cm³

• 24 g/cm³

Jill has a gel pen. The gel pen has a mass of 8g and a volume of 2cm³. What is the density of the pen?

• 4 g/cm³

• 16 g/cm³

• .25 g/cm³

• 64 g/cm³

Sue found a ring and wanted to know what type of metal it was. She found the mass to be 26.7 grams and the volume to be 3 cm³. What metal is the ring?

• Nickel

• Silver

• Lead

• Gold

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

A piece of metal has a mass of 35.4 grams and a volume of 6cm³. According to the table what metal is it?

• Aluminum

• Scandium

• Radium

• Xenon

As part of a classifying elements lab Joe was finding the density of different samples. One sample had a mass of 26.4 and a volume of 12 mL. What element is it?

• Sulfur

• Carbon

• Boron

• Krypton