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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 365 days
60 gr (grain) weight
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 year
25

2. The Associative Law for addition
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
.3 repeating
2000 pounds
100 years

3. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
1 quart
.1 gram
a x 1 = a
Cubes (up to 10x10)

4. quintillion
1 gallon
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1000000000000000000

5. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
area of a square
water freezes
room temperature

6. mass
.16 (6 repeating)
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 acre
g

7. 1/2
perimeter of a parallelogram
480 m (minims)
.5
L

8. 60 seconds
1 pound
1 day
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 minute

9. deca
.25
1 year
10
30 g

10. 1 centurey
1 leap year
100 meters
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
100 years

11. Fractions that equal 1
50
1 year
Unit fractions
1 hour

12. A l X w
10 decimeters
area of a rectangle
the long hand
.75

13. 3/8
100 meters
V = Bh / 3
.375
.1 gram

14. 366 days
1 yard
1 year
1 leap year
100 meters

15. 5 -280 yards
1 peck
.001 gram
circumference of a circle
1 mile

16. To change from one unit to another
1 pint
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
Squares (up to 15x15)
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

17. 2 cups
1 pint
.5
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
perimeter of a triangle

18. 1 f oz
30mL
25
1 minute
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

19. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
75 gtts
480 m (minims)
the short hand
1 millennium

20. Decimal to Fraction
3 teaspoons
the long hand
area of a circle
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

21. 1 centigram
Unit fractions
.01
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
75 gtts

22. deci
1 -000
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 hour
1 pint

23. 2 pints
1 pound
1 quart
1 leap year
.16 (6 repeating)

24. 43 -560 square feet
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 acre
.5

25. The Identity Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
perimeter of a triangle
24 hours
100 years

26. 2/3 = _____ %
66
composite number
circumference of a circle
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

27. 1 score
20 years
g
water boils
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

28. 4/5
circumference of a circle
area of a parallelogram
.8
1 bushel

29. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
100 years
1 hour

30. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
75 gtts
10
the long hand
60 gr (grain) weight

31. 1 minim
a x b = b x a
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 gtt (drop)
prime number

32. 3/4
.75
5280 feet
20 years
1000000000000000000

33. 1 decigram
.1 gram
year
1 hour
PE= mgh

34. centi
100 grams
area of a parallelogram
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

35. The Pythagorean theorem
1 square yard
g
a² + b² = c²
composite number

36. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
area of a triangle
V = Bh / 3
1 gallon
range

37. 36 inches
day
60 mg
1 yard
a x 1 = a

38. 144 square inches
1 mile
composite number
1 square foot
1 pint

39. kilo
m
year
1 -000
60 mg

40. The Commutative Law for addition
about 52 weeks
25
a + b = b + a
1 pint

41. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
Squares (up to 15x15)
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
area of a square
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

42. Degree Celsius
C = 5(F-32)/9
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 yard
area of a circle

43. A 1/2 X b X h
10 years
480 gr (grain) weight
area of a triangle
0.000000001 10^-9

44. billion
V = Bh / 3
year
1000000000
60 mg

45. 1 meter
100
.625
1 gtt (drop)
1000 millimeters

46. 1 hour
perimeter of a square
8 drams weight
60 minutes
1 tablespoon

47. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
prime number
average body temperature
100
12 months

48. A S squared
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1000 millimeters
100 years
area of a square

49. Fraction to Decimal
100 meters
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 peck
1 decade

50. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
60 seconds
average body temperature
1 gallon