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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. trillion
1000000000000
.6
1 leap year
1 peck

2. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
water freezes
composite number
3.14
range

3. 144 square inches
1 square foot
0.000000001 10^-9
the short hand
range

4. The average of the numbers
100 centimeters
0.000000001 10^-9
1 ton
mean

5. 1 leap year
.001 gram
366 days
2000 pounds
median

6. 1/2 = _____ %
.6
30 g
1 quart
50

7. The Associative Law for addition
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
area of a triangle
1 pint
1000000000000000000

8. a.m.
.3 repeating
about 52 weeks
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
100 grams

9. Inch
60 gr (grain) weight
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
mean
16 tablespoons

10. mass
24 hours
.5
g
1 gallon

11. googol
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 year
1 gtt (drop)
1000 meters

12. 1 day
24 hours
3.14
1 square foot
10 decimeters

13. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
24 hours
.125
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

14. The Commutative Law for multiplication
a x b = b x a
10 meters
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
60 mg

15. 1 year
1 mile
a x 1 = a
365 days
60 minutes

16. The Commutative Law for addition
a + b = b + a
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
perimeter of a rectangle
day

17. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
1 hour
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
Squares (up to 15x15)

18. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1 year
1 yard
Squares (up to 15x15)
15 mL

19. The Distributive Law
10
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1000000000000
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

20. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
.6 repeating
area of a square
5
median

21. 1 gr
60 mg
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
composite number
.25

22. 2 pints
1 quart
1 pint
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
room temperature

23. 3 feet
1 yard
Area of a Trapezium
10
1 -000 grams

24. deci
.4
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
circumference of a circle
a + b = b + a

25. 1 -000 years
Divide by 100
1 millennium
1 score
366 days

26. 1 minute
60 seconds
.01
3 teaspoons
480 m (minims)

27. 1 centigram
water boils
1000000000000000000
.01
15 mL

28. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
year
1 decade
.1 gram
3 feet

29. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
a + 0 = a
1000 years
Cubes (up to 10x10)

30. Fraction to Decimal
1 bushel
24 hours
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
3 teaspoons

31. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
0.000000001 10^-9
16 tablespoons
1 acre

32. 1 minim
.001 gram
1 gtt (drop)
.8
.5

33. 2/5
prime number
1 yard
Area of a Trapezium
.4

34. C pie X d
16 tablespoons
circumference of a circle
15 gr
1000 years

35. 1 meter
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
100 centimeters
15 mL
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

36. The Pythagorean theorem
1 week
a² + b² = c²
average body temperature
perimeter of a parallelogram

37. 5 -280 yards
1 peck
1 mile
24 hours
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

38. P 4XS
a + b = b + a
60 minutes
perimeter of a square
60 mg

39. The Identity Law for addition
3.14
1 pound
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a + 0 = a

40. Fractions that equal 1
1 day
the short hand
1000000000
Unit fractions

41. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
60 minutes
the long hand
1 minute
perimeter of a parallelogram

42. 1 mile
water freezes
1 year
1 ton
5280 feet

43. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
3.14
100 meters
.5

44. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
12 months
1 cup
1 hour

45. 1 f oz
8 drams weight
perimeter of a rectangle
30mL
.83 (3 repeating)

46. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
a x b = b x a
480 gr (grain) weight
.4

47. kilo
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
366 days
1 -000
.625

48. centi
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
100 years
30mL
25

49. A bXh
1 pint
L
area of a parallelogram
10 meters

50. volume
the short hand
1 year
L
.6