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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Length
.6 repeating
m
1 yard
10 grams

2. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
10 meters
1 bushel
.001 gram
room temperature

3. 1 decameter
10 meters
1 bushel
1000 millimeters
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

4. 3/8
1 acre
.375
a x b = b x a
1 pound

5. mega-M
365 days
15 gr
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
25

6. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
.01
multiply by 100
100 centimeters
the short hand

7. C pie X d
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
10 decimeters
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
circumference of a circle

8. micro-u
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
0.000001 10^-6
1 acre
10

9. Fractions that equal 1
25
60 gr (grain) weight
Unit fractions
100 years

10. 1 year
5
m
12 months
perimeter of a triangle

11. A=1/2(a+b)h
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
Area of a Trapezium
room temperature
1 hour

12. Formula for Kinetic Energy
KE= 1/2 mv²
75
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 square yard

13. The Pythagorean theorem
75
perimeter of a triangle
a² + b² = c²
30mL

14. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
8 drams weight
60 minutes
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

15. The volume of any prism
1 quart
25
1 pint
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

16. Foot

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17. 1 t
60 minutes
75 gtts
1000 meters
1 acre

18. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
average body temperature
3 feet
1760 yards
.75

19. volume
60 seconds
8 drams weight
L
15 MINIMS

20. 1 f dram
range
1 year
60 minims
24 hours

21. 1/5
.2
75
60 seconds
25

22. 1 hectometer
Cubes (up to 10x10)
100 meters
100 centimeters
50

23. Fraction to Decimal
16 tablespoons
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
water boils
L

24. 5/6
perimeter of a square
1 decade
.83 (3 repeating)
1 gtt (drop)

25. 1 meter
10 decimeters
1 millennium
2000 pounds
circumference of a circle

26. 2 pints
1 quart
30 g
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1000000000

27. 4 quarts
PE= mgh
480 gr (grain) weight
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 gallon

28. 1 year to wks
area of a circle
a + 0 = a
about 52 weeks
.01

29. 1 fl oz
480 m (minims)
1 day
about 52 weeks
1000 millimeters

30. 60 seconds
366 days
the short hand
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 minute

31. hecto
33
median
Cubes (up to 10x10)
100

32. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
30mL
.2
1 tablespoon
perimeter of a parallelogram

33. 1 ton
2000 pounds
circumference of a circle
1760 yards
.125

34. mass
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
.16 (6 repeating)
g
15 mL

35. deca
1 year
circumference of a circle
10
KE= 1/2 mv²

36. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
2000 pounds
Cubes (up to 10x10)
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
33

37. centi
30mL
66
year
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

38. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
year
100 centimeters
1000000000000
2000 pounds

39. 1 hour
60 minutes
C = 5(F-32)/9
10 grams
.3 repeating

40. 1/4
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 -000 grams
.25
.875

41. 1 score
KE= 1/2 mv²
20 years
16 tablespoons
100 meters

42. 7/8
perimeter of a square
a² + b² = c²
100 years
.875

43. googol
day
1 followed by 100 zeroes
a x 1 = a
a² + b² = c²

44. Ordinal numbers
1 decade
60 minims
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
C = 5(F-32)/9

45. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 quart
Divide by 100
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

46. The Distributive Law
day
75 gtts
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1000 years

47. 1/2
.5
60 mg
1 square yard
1 gallon

48. The Associative Law for multiplication
Squares (up to 15x15)
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 yard
the long hand

49. 1/6
.16 (6 repeating)
.125
mean
a x b = b x a

50. The volume of any pyramid
1 gallon
a + 0 = a
a + b = b + a
V = Bh / 3