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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. The Commutative Law for addition
a + b = b + a
20 years
area of a triangle
60 gr (grain) weight

2. 1 year to wks
the short hand
about 52 weeks
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
100 centimeters

3. 4 quarts
1 square foot
1 peck
1 year
1 gallon

4. 12 inches
1000 years
1 yard
16 ounces
1 foot

5. The Pythagorean theorem
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
.001 gram
a² + b² = c²
1 day

6. 1/5
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
.2
day

7. 1 minim
1000 millimeters
1 square foot
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 gtt (drop)

8. trillion
75
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 score
1000000000000

9. Nano-n
0.000000001 10^-9
a(b +c) = ab + ac
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
100 meters

10. 5 -280 yards
.3 repeating
circumference of a circle
75
1 mile

11. 1/8
perimeter of a rectangle
1 mile
3.14
.125

12. 1 g
1000000000000
15 gr
mean
1 minute

13. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
100 years
25
perimeter of a rectangle
area of a parallelogram

14. To change from one unit to another
area of a parallelogram
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
10 grams
1 millennium

15. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
1 gallon
.6 repeating
1 yard

16. 24 hours
1 day
the short hand
g
.6 repeating

17. Formula for Potential Energy
PE= mgh
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
mean
33

18. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
1 yard
a + b = b + a
the short hand
12 months

19. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
100 grams
composite number
.5
average body temperature

20. 1 centurey
1 decade
100 meters
day
100 years

21. Foot

22. The Commutative Law for multiplication
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
perimeter of a triangle
a x b = b x a
m

23. 1 meter
1000 millimeters
a + 0 = a
60 seconds
20 years

24. Ordinal numbers
2000 pounds
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
60 mg
20 years

25. The Identity Law for multiplication
1 -000
60 minutes
60 gr (grain) weight
a x 1 = a

26. 1 week
1 bushel
1 -000 grams
365 days
7 days

27. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
.2
Divide by 100
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
100 centimeters

28. 3 teaspoons
a x b = b x a
15 mL
1 tablespoon
15 gr

29. A=1/2(a+b)h
12 months
Area of a Trapezium
10 decimeters
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

30. 1 millennium
1000 years
1 quart
60 gr (grain) weight
Squares (up to 15x15)

31. Degree Fahrenheit
1 tablespoon
Unit fractions
F 9C/5 + 32
1 gallon

32. 10 years
60 mg
1 decade
1 square foot
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

33. Measurement involves two things
a x 1 = a
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 square foot
1 millennium

34. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
C = 5(F-32)/9
15 gr
16 ounces
room temperature

35. Degree Celsius
1 yard
C = 5(F-32)/9
a x b = b x a
480 gr (grain) weight

36. quintillion
15 MINIMS
1000000000000000000
.25
5

37. 1 t
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
100 meters
1 cup
75 gtts

38. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
1 year
Squares (up to 15x15)
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

39. 16 fluid ounces
area of a square
5
1 pint
10 years

40. C pie X d
7 days
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 day
circumference of a circle

41. 1/6
100 grams
.16 (6 repeating)
480 gr (grain) weight
7 days

42. 3/5
66
.4
.6
.01

43. 2/5
year
.4
1 pound
3 feet

44. 1 ton
2000 pounds
.8
.83 (3 repeating)
.6

45. 3 feet
1 hour
1 yard
F 9C/5 + 32
60 gr (grain) weight

46. 3/4 = _____ %
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 peck
.1 gram
75

47. 1 f dram
circumference of a circle
60 minims
0.000001 10^-6
median

48. 2 -000 pounds
1 century
1 ton
3 feet
16 tablespoons

49. 3/4
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 yard
prime number
.75

50. 1 year
.2
365 days
1000 years
median