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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decade
15 mL
.83 (3 repeating)
10 years
1 gallon

2. 1 score
V = Bh / 3
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.75
20 years

3. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1 square yard
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
range

4. 1 t
1 decade
1 millennium
75 gtts
1760 yards

5. The volume of any pyramid
a x b = b x a
F 9C/5 + 32
V = Bh / 3
1 century

6. 1 centurey
100 years
60 minims
V = Bh / 3
day

7. A 1/2 X b X h
a + 0 = a
100 years
15 mL
area of a triangle

8. 1 cup
1 leap year
.1 gram
Squares (up to 15x15)
16 tablespoons

9. pi (3 digits)
1 day
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
3.14
8 f drams

10. p.m.
8 drams weight
30mL
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.16 (6 repeating)

11. 1 hectometer
Unit fractions
100 meters
m
1 yard

12. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
.375
average body temperature
Cubes (up to 10x10)

13. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
the long hand

14. 1/3 = _____ %
16 tablespoons
33
1760 yards
15 mL

15. 1 milligram
perimeter of a triangle
.001 gram
range
12 months

16. A bXh
480 gr (grain) weight
perimeter of a square
area of a square
area of a parallelogram

17. Inch
1 day
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
60 minutes
water freezes

18. Fraction to Decimal
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
water freezes
3 feet
Area of a Trapezium

19. 1 hour
1 -000
1 day
60 minutes
1 year

20. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
PE= mgh
1 square yard
units
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

21. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
5
g
1 peck
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

22. 1 week
100 meters
7 days
mean
median

23. C pie X d
multiply by 100
365 days
room temperature
circumference of a circle

24. 1 millennium
1000 years
100 centimeters
.25
16 tablespoons

25. 9 square feet
5
L
366 days
1 square yard

26. 1 ton
1 square foot
1 week
2000 pounds
1 cup

27. 5 -280 yards
1 square mile
circumference of a circle
1 mile
1 pint

28. 1 dram
.16 (6 repeating)
.1 gram
60 gr (grain) weight
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

29. 4 quarts
1 -000 grams
1 acre
1 gallon
60 seconds

30. deca
10
1 cup
1 yard
12 months

31. Light year
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
circumference of a circle

32. 1 f oz
.25
30mL
.625
1 square mile

33. A S squared
15 gr
60 mg
.5
area of a square

34. The Distributive Law
1000000000000000000
a(b +c) = ab + ac
a + 0 = a
75

35. 1/2 = _____ %
24 hours
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
2000 pounds
50

36. 1/4
day
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.25
24 hours

37. 1 leap year
.6 repeating
.01
10 grams
366 days

38. 3/4
1 gallon
area of a triangle
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
.75

39. 2 -000 pounds
100 grams
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 ton
1000000000000000

40. micro-u
60 gr (grain) weight
1 acre
0.000001 10^-6
1760 yards

41. 1 decameter
Unit fractions
range
60 minims
10 meters

42. 640 acres
1 gtt (drop)
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 square mile
100 years

43. 24 hours
60 mg
1 day
1 millennium
30mL

44. 1 pound
16 ounces
F 9C/5 + 32
1000 millimeters
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

45. quadrillion
Divide by 100
1000000000000000
100
100 years

46. Length
m
prime number
composite number
1 -000

47. A pie X r squared
Unit fractions
area of a circle
Area of a Trapezium
.25

48. 1 oz
1 day
10 grams
8 drams weight
100

49. 3/4 = _____ %
.125
25
75
a + 0 = a

50. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
year
m
perimeter of a triangle
area of a parallelogram