Pressure Conversion Problems
1 atm = 101.3 kPa = 101,325 Pa = 760 mm Hg = 760 torr = 14.7 lb/in2 (psi)
1. The air pressure for a certain tire is 109 kPa. What is this pressure in
atmospheres?
2. The air pressure inside a submarine is 0.62 atm. What would be the height of a
column of mercury balanced by this pressure?
3. The weather news gives the atmospheric pressure as 1.07 atm. What is this
atmospheric pressure in torr?
4. An experiment at Sandia National Labs in New Mexico is performed at an
atmospheric pressure of 758.7 mm Hg. What is this pressure in atm?
5. A bag of potato chips is sealed in a factory near sea level. The atmospheric
pressure at the factory is 761.3 mm Hg. The pressure inside the bag is the
same. What is the pressure inside the bag of potato chips in Pa?
6. The same bag of potato chips from Problem 5 is shipped to a town in
Colorado, where the atmospheric pressure is 99.82 kPa. What is the difference
(in Pa) between the pressure in the bag and the atmospheric pressure of the
town?
7. The pressure gauge on a compressed air tank reads 43.2 lb/in2. What is the
pressure in atm?
8. The pressure in the tire of an automobile in 34.8 lb/in2. What is the pressure in
kPa?
