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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decameter
room temperature
1000 years
10 meters
perimeter of a rectangle

2. 1 milligram
60 minims
Squares (up to 15x15)
.001 gram
60 gr (grain) weight

3. 3 feet
10 decimeters
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 yard
1 tablespoon

4. 2 cups
1 pint
10 meters
.83 (3 repeating)
.2

5. deci
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
circumference of a circle
10 grams
10

6. 3/5
480 gr (grain) weight
range
1 bushel
.6

7. The Commutative Law for multiplication
1000000000000000
8 drams weight
1 year
a x b = b x a

8. pi (3 digits)
33
60 mg
Unit fractions
3.14

9. C 2 X pie X r
.83 (3 repeating)
.125
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
circumference of a circle

10. Length
m
about 52 weeks
25
perimeter of a parallelogram

11. P 4XS
Squares (up to 15x15)
a + 0 = a
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
perimeter of a square

12. The average of the numbers
m
mean
F 9C/5 + 32
area of a triangle

13. Nano-n
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 pound
0.000000001 10^-9
50

14. Degree Fahrenheit
1000000000000000
composite number
F 9C/5 + 32
1000 years

15. P a+b+c
1 millennium
1 quart
perimeter of a triangle
1 peck

16. volume
L
1 acre
1000 meters
1 pint

17. 1 leap year
1 millennium
1 week
366 days
15 mL

18. 1/8
Unit fractions
5
8 drams weight
.125

19. To change from one unit to another
2000 pounds
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
F 9C/5 + 32
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

20. billion
.375
a x 1 = a
1000000000
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

21. 1 minim
area of a triangle
1 gtt (drop)
1 yard
1 ton

22. 1/4 = _____ %
the long hand
25
1 gallon
PE= mgh

23. The Identity Law for addition
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
a + 0 = a
15 mL
100 meters

24. 1 dram
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 millennium
1 minute
60 gr (grain) weight

25. 1 oz
8 drams weight
a(b +c) = ab + ac
10 decimeters
3 feet

26. 1 cup
F 9C/5 + 32
.4
1 millennium
16 tablespoons

27. 3/4 = _____ %
Cubes (up to 10x10)
75
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 -000 grams

28. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
1 yard
prime number
1000000000000

29. 1 meter
1 square foot
1000 millimeters
Divide by 100
10 decimeters

30. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
365 days
12 months
.875

31. Foot

32. quadrillion
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
30 g
a + b = b + a
1000000000000000

33. 1 fl oz
.01
area of a square
480 m (minims)
8 f drams

34. 2/5
1000 millimeters
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 century
.4

35. 1 mile
1760 yards
1 square yard
area of a triangle
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

36. 144 square inches
1 square foot
66
100 meters
3 teaspoons

37. 5/6
.83 (3 repeating)
30 g
1 bushel
75

38. 1/2
480 gr (grain) weight
area of a parallelogram
.5
1 acre

39. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
1 yard
the long hand
the short hand
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

40. 12 months
about 52 weeks
prime number
PE= mgh
1 year

41. 3/4
Unit fractions
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
30 g
.75

42. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
area of a square
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1000000000000

43. A pie X r squared
area of a circle
area of a triangle
the long hand
1 ton

44. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
units
1 yard
1 gtt (drop)
area of a square

45. 4 quarts
30mL
Area of a Trapezium
1 gallon
multiply by 100

46. The Pythagorean theorem
1 gtt (drop)
.8
a² + b² = c²
1000 millimeters

47. 1 year
12 months
Unit fractions
1 year
8 drams weight

48. Fractions that equal 1
Unit fractions
365 days
20 years
1 gallon

49. The volume of any pyramid
1 gtt (drop)
V = Bh / 3
480 gr (grain) weight
1000000000000

50. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1760 yards
1 score
.6
the long hand