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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 2/5
a(b +c) = ab + ac
5280 feet
.375
.4

2. Degree Fahrenheit
1 millennium
1 -000 grams
F 9C/5 + 32
60 minutes

3. 2 -000 pounds
1000 meters
30mL
1 century
1 ton

4. 1 meter
1000 millimeters
.75
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 bushel

5. 5/6
20 years
5280 feet
100 meters
.83 (3 repeating)

6. 1 ton
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
perimeter of a parallelogram
24 hours
2000 pounds

7. hecto
15 mL
15 MINIMS
year
100

8. quintillion
1 bushel
1000000000000000000
perimeter of a rectangle
33

9. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
.5
30 g
1 ton

10. P 4XS
.16 (6 repeating)
PE= mgh
.4
perimeter of a square

11. 1 hectogram
30mL
10
10 years
100 grams

12. The Commutative Law for multiplication
a x b = b x a
.1 gram
1 tablespoon
1 square foot

13. 1 mile
1760 yards
16 ounces
.375
1000000000

14. 1 f dram
16 tablespoons
V = Bh / 3
16 ounces
60 minims

15. 3/8
a x b = b x a
.375
75
.8

16. 1 T
15 mL
15 MINIMS
.4
a + b = b + a

17. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
units
1 -000
1 pint
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

18. mass
1 acre
Unit fractions
g
480 gr (grain) weight

19. The average of the numbers
1 acre
1 year
mean
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

20. Formula for Potential Energy
PE= mgh
480 m (minims)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

21. 1 mile
C = 5(F-32)/9
5280 feet
prime number
1000 years

22. 12 inches
1 foot
area of a square
10 grams
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

23. 365 days
1 year
1000000000000000
1 square foot
area of a parallelogram

24. 7 days
1000000000
1 week
L
100 meters

25. 20 years
1000000000000000
60 minutes
1 score
1 yard

26. Ordinal numbers
a(b +c) = ab + ac
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
0.000001 10^-6

27. The Associative Law for addition
66
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 bushel
0.000001 10^-6

28. milli
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
.625
1000 millimeters
.3 repeating

29. 1 millennium
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
area of a triangle
1000 years
50

30. 1/3
circumference of a circle
.16 (6 repeating)
.3 repeating
15 MINIMS

31. 1 oz
L
8 drams weight
KE= 1/2 mv²
1000000000000000

32. 8 quarts
.25
a x b = b x a
1 peck
.75

33. 12 months
1 yard
100 centimeters
1 week
1 year

34. Measurement involves two things
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
a + b = b + a
circumference of a circle
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

35. 1 week
7 days
100 centimeters
.375
a² + b² = c²

36. C 2 X pie X r
100 years
perimeter of a square
circumference of a circle
10 meters

37. 5/8
Divide by 100
60 seconds
1000000000000000000
.625

38. googol
1 gallon
100 years
1 followed by 100 zeroes
Squares (up to 15x15)

39. 1/6
.16 (6 repeating)
30mL
area of a parallelogram
.875

40. 1 score
1760 yards
1 day
20 years
100 years

41. Inch
year
water freezes
100 grams
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

42. 5 -280 yards
1 mile
1 day
480 m (minims)
1 acre

43. 640 acres
30mL
60 gr (grain) weight
1 square mile
area of a circle

44. micro-u
1 quart
30mL
Squares (up to 15x15)
0.000001 10^-6

45. billion
1 ton
.625
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1000000000

46. p.m.
.5
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.75
year

47. Fraction to Decimal
10 years
60 minims
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
60 seconds

48. 1 g
Area of a Trapezium
.1 gram
15 gr
60 seconds

49. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 year
60 minims
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

50. 3/4
1 pound
66
.75
Area of a Trapezium