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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Decimal to Fraction
.4
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
median
8 f drams

2. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
1 minute
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
0.000000001 10^-9

3. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 yard
3 teaspoons
1 -000

4. 1 ton
25
1 yard
2000 pounds
1 week

5. 1/8
.125
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
multiply by 100
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

6. 1/4
.25
3.14
Squares (up to 15x15)
60 seconds

7. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
30 g
.16 (6 repeating)
10 decimeters
the long hand

8. 1 hour
0.000001 10^-6
10 meters
60 minutes
30 g

9. 4 quarts
1 gallon
60 seconds
15 gr
perimeter of a triangle

10. 1 T
75
12 months
15 mL
a x 1 = a

11. Fractions/Decimal to percent
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
1 pint
g
multiply by 100

12. 5 -280 yards
1 tablespoon
1 mile
Divide by 100
8 drams weight

13. deci
480 m (minims)
1 score
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
30mL

14. p.m.
water boils
30 g
5280 feet
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

15. A bXh
composite number
8 f drams
1 millennium
area of a parallelogram

16. milli
1 year
100 grams
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
area of a circle

17. 1/2 = _____ %
1 hour
50
circumference of a circle
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

18. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 mile
perimeter of a square
room temperature
L

19. 4 pecks
1 minute
.375
.8
1 bushel

20. 1 day
24 hours
1 leap year
Unit fractions
.1 gram

21. Measurement involves two things
.5
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
15 mL
366 days

22. 4/5
.8
1000 meters
year
60 minims

23. 1 t
range
area of a parallelogram
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
75 gtts

24. C pie X d
Divide by 100
12 months
circumference of a circle
m

25. 1 meter
units
1000 millimeters
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

26. quintillion
1000000000
30mL
1 bushel
1000000000000000000

27. A l X w
the short hand
units
60 minutes
area of a rectangle

28. 16 ounces
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 pound
range
F 9C/5 + 32

29. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
30 g
C = 5(F-32)/9
range
66

30. 1 gr
60 mg
Area of a Trapezium
.83 (3 repeating)
1 -000

31. 1/5
.2
mean
1 week
1000 millimeters

32. 1 decagram
10 grams
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 foot
1000 years

33. The Pythagorean theorem
a² + b² = c²
1 pint
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 century

34. 16 fluid ounces
V = Bh / 3
30mL
1 cup
1 pint

35. 1 -000 years
366 days
75
1 millennium
1 year

36. 12 months
average body temperature
1 year
1760 yards
66

37. 100 years
60 gr (grain) weight
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 century
12 months

38. 1/3
.3 repeating
1 bushel
1 year
366 days

39. Length
20 years
1000000000000
.001 gram
m

40. The Identity Law for addition
a + 0 = a
a(b +c) = ab + ac
7 days
average body temperature

41. 3/5
1 -000 grams
.6
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
circumference of a circle

42. 1 hectogram
100 grams
circumference of a circle
F 9C/5 + 32
25

43. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
.001 gram
1 pound
water freezes
1 decade

44. 1 leap year
.6
circumference of a circle
366 days
24 hours

45. 1 milligram
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
a(b +c) = ab + ac
.001 gram
5

46. googol
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 pint
1 year
C = 5(F-32)/9

47. mass
16 tablespoons
480 gr (grain) weight
g
66

48. centi
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
area of a circle
1 gallon
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

49. 5/8
about 52 weeks
.625
8 f drams
1000000000

50. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
Divide by 100
1 leap year
1 square yard
1760 yards