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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. volume
room temperature
1 square foot
1 pound
L

2. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water freezes
1 followed by 100 zeroes
.01
12 months

3. 60 seconds
.83 (3 repeating)
1 minute
1000000000000000000
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

4. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
units
8 drams weight
30mL
day

5. 8 fluid ounces
1 score
1 cup
100 meters
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

6. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
10 meters
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
units

7. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
the short hand
10 years
median
25

8. 1/2
1 pint
average body temperature
16 ounces
.5

9. C pie X d
20 years
mean
7 days
circumference of a circle

10. 1 fl oz
480 m (minims)
1 mile
24 hours
16 tablespoons

11. 1 minim
.001 gram
perimeter of a square
1 gtt (drop)
1000000000

12. 5 -280 yards
100 centimeters
1 mile
75
3.14

13. 1 year
30mL
perimeter of a square
3 teaspoons
12 months

14. 1/4
a(b +c) = ab + ac
a x 1 = a
.25
g

15. 3/4 = _____ %
circumference of a circle
average body temperature
480 gr (grain) weight
75

16. The Associative Law for addition
C = 5(F-32)/9
50
1 hour
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

17. 1 hour
100 years
1 minute
480 gr (grain) weight
60 minutes

18. 20 years
1 score
1 quart
16 ounces
.375

19. A bXh
66
area of a parallelogram
perimeter of a triangle
.6

20. Formula for Kinetic Energy
480 gr (grain) weight
1 yard
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 mile

21. 5/8
L
.625
1 leap year
units

22. 1 hectometer
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1000000000000
100 meters
perimeter of a parallelogram

23. 1 hectogram
100 grams
1760 yards
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 gallon

24. Fractions/Decimal to percent
.5
multiply by 100
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
15 gr

25. centi
1 leap year
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
0.000000001 10^-9
area of a rectangle

26. 10 years
m
3.14
480 m (minims)
1 decade

27. trillion
1000000000000
20 years
a(b +c) = ab + ac
area of a rectangle

28. Light year
.75
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
Cubes (up to 10x10)
the long hand

29. Degree Fahrenheit
g
1 square mile
day
F 9C/5 + 32

30. 1 ton
.375
prime number
a(b +c) = ab + ac
2000 pounds

31. 2/3
50
1 year
.6 repeating
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

32. 3/5
75 gtts
median
.6
480 gr (grain) weight

33. 1 year to wks
1 yard
about 52 weeks
8 f drams
.6 repeating

34. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
.2
3.14
the long hand
Squares (up to 15x15)

35. micro-u
1 -000 grams
25
0.000001 10^-6
10 decimeters

36. deci
Area of a Trapezium
60 gr (grain) weight
average body temperature
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

37. Ordinal numbers
1 square mile
10 years
480 m (minims)
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

38. 1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
area of a parallelogram
1 tablespoon
1 yard

39. 12 inches
.6 repeating
1 foot
3 feet
7 days

40. 5/6
area of a parallelogram
.83 (3 repeating)
about 52 weeks
1760 yards

41. 1 meter
1 cup
1 yard
water freezes
100 centimeters

42. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
1 minute
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 peck

43. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
1 -000
1 gtt (drop)
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
perimeter of a rectangle

44. 2/3 = _____ %
mean
366 days
66
3.14

45. 1 centigram
8 drams weight
1 millennium
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.01

46. 1/2 = _____ %
50
Divide by 100
100 grams
1 leap year

47. hecto
1 pint
.75
area of a rectangle
100

48. 1 mile
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 bushel
1760 yards
Area of a Trapezium

49. 1 T
1000000000000000
area of a rectangle
Divide by 100
15 mL

50. 1/3 = _____ %
33
a x 1 = a
1 leap year
16 ounces