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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 year
1000 meters
12 months
1 day
PE= mgh

2. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
Cubes (up to 10x10)
15 gr
1000 years
range

3. Foot

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4. a.m.
1 decade
1 square mile
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
5

5. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
100 grams
m
units
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

6. 1 -000 years
1 leap year
1 millennium
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
area of a square

7. 144 square inches
year
60 minutes
1 day
1 square foot

8. micro-u
0.000001 10^-6
area of a rectangle
m
100

9. 60 minutes
Divide by 100
.875
1 hour
2000 pounds

10. mega-M
10
33
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 day

11. deca
Unit fractions
10
room temperature
1 gallon

12. Fractions/Decimal to percent
1 peck
75
30 g
multiply by 100

13. The average of the numbers
1 square mile
mean
1 acre
20 years

14. 36 inches
1 yard
a + b = b + a
10 decimeters
the short hand

15. 16 ounces
perimeter of a parallelogram
7 days
1 pound
1 pint

16. 8 fluid ounces
water boils
F 9C/5 + 32
1 cup
25

17. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
1 tablespoon
composite number
5
1 bushel

18. 365 days
1 year
water freezes
1 acre
1 mile

19. quintillion
.25
1 square yard
1000000000000000000
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

20. 1/2 = _____ %
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
50
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
Divide by 100

21. 1/4 = _____ %
3 feet
25
.01
10 grams

22. 8 quarts
20 years
Divide by 100
1 peck
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

23. 640 acres
1 square mile
1 gtt (drop)
100
1 quart

24. The Identity Law for multiplication
1 cup
60 gr (grain) weight
a x 1 = a
composite number

25. 2/3 = _____ %
66
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
the long hand
1 minute

26. The volume of any prism
1000000000000000000
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 gallon
a x b = b x a

27. 2/5
33
C = 5(F-32)/9
.4
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

28. 7/8
1 score
8 f drams
a + 0 = a
.875

29. milli
.1 gram
1 square mile
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
1 pint

30. 1 millennium
100 centimeters
1000 years
.001 gram
1 bushel

31. 1 mL
.25
15 MINIMS
1000 meters
60 minims

32. kilo
1 -000
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 gtt (drop)
Area of a Trapezium

33. 1/4
PE= mgh
1 ton
.25
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

34. The Associative Law for multiplication
1 -000 grams
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
Area of a Trapezium
3.14

35. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
perimeter of a parallelogram
60 seconds
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
median

36. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
5
the long hand
about 52 weeks
60 minims

37. 3/4
.3 repeating
60 gr (grain) weight
area of a triangle
.75

38. Formula for Potential Energy
33
60 seconds
30 g
PE= mgh

39. 3/4 = _____ %
1 day
1 acre
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
75

40. about 52 weeks
1 year
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1000000000000
100 grams

41. 5 -280 yards
30 g
1 cup
1 mile
5280 feet

42. 12 months
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 year
area of a circle
.001 gram

43. 1 centigram
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
5280 feet
.01
20 years

44. 1 yard
1 ton
prime number
3 feet
365 days

45. quadrillion
1 millennium
Unit fractions
area of a parallelogram
1000000000000000

46. The volume of any pyramid
.375
1 peck
V = Bh / 3
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

47. 1 decade
circumference of a circle
.75
10 years
.375

48. To change from one unit to another
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 millennium
1 acre
60 mg

49. 1 meter
a + 0 = a
.625
24 hours
1000 millimeters

50. 10 years
about 52 weeks
1 decade
1000 meters
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3