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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decameter
.6 repeating
a + 0 = a
10 meters
g

2. 1 mile
1000000000
perimeter of a parallelogram
5280 feet
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

3. Ordinal numbers
1 week
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 cup

4. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water freezes
.2
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
.83 (3 repeating)

5. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1 score
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
16 tablespoons
day

6. quadrillion
1760 yards
a x b = b x a
1000000000000000
the short hand

7. The Identity Law for addition
a + 0 = a
10 meters
16 tablespoons
1 square mile

8. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
the long hand
66
10 decimeters
1000000000

9. 1 millennium
2000 pounds
.2
1000 years
1 millennium

10. Fractions/Decimal to percent
15 MINIMS
1 cup
1000000000000
multiply by 100

11. 1/8
.125
100 meters
perimeter of a square
PE= mgh

12. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
average body temperature
Unit fractions
1 minute
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

13. deca
10
0.000000001 10^-9
366 days
perimeter of a parallelogram

14. 144 square inches
1 ton
1 square foot
100 grams
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

15. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
60 mg
1 year
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

16. hecto
1760 yards
a x 1 = a
8 drams weight
100

17. pi (3 digits)
circumference of a circle
3.14
7 days
.83 (3 repeating)

18. Fractions that equal 1
Unit fractions
100 years
1 decade
.125

19. mega-M
.2
range
1 pint
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

20. 1 decade
1 -000
1 year
average body temperature
10 years

21. 5/8
.625
a² + b² = c²
units
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

22. 1 yard
3 feet
range
circumference of a circle
1 pint

23. 1 year to wks
5280 feet
about 52 weeks
1 mile
1 pint

24. quintillion
the long hand
1000000000000000000
8 f drams
0.000001 10^-6

25. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
.83 (3 repeating)
range
area of a triangle
1 hour

26. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
1 ton
median
mean
F 9C/5 + 32

27. 9 square feet
area of a circle
.1 gram
1 square yard
.83 (3 repeating)

28. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
median
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
room temperature
area of a circle

29. To change from one unit to another
365 days
16 tablespoons
1 year
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

30. 1 t
75 gtts
1 acre
m
1 tablespoon

31. 7 days
366 days
perimeter of a parallelogram
12 months
1 week

32. 1 hour
1 gallon
33
F 9C/5 + 32
60 minutes

33. 1 decagram
8 f drams
10 grams
60 minims
.4

34. 1 centurey
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
.6 repeating
100 years
area of a triangle

35. 3/4
.75
20 years
1 leap year
10 decimeters

36. 1/4
8 f drams
.25
year
30 g

37. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
10 years
mean
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

38. 1 mile
about 52 weeks
mean
1000000000000000000
1760 yards

39. 5 -280 yards
1 gallon
480 m (minims)
1 leap year
1 mile

40. kilo
1 -000
1 pint
mean
perimeter of a square

41. 20 years
1 pint
1 score
60 seconds
g

42. The volume of any prism
16 ounces
10
mean
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

43. 1/3 = _____ %
g
33
.5
.4

44. 1 oz
a x 1 = a
8 drams weight
8 f drams
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

45. 1 oz to gr
5
circumference of a circle
480 gr (grain) weight
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

46. P a+b+c
a + 0 = a
Unit fractions
24 hours
perimeter of a triangle

47. milli
1 square foot
60 minims
10 years
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

48. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
Squares (up to 15x15)
.6
1000000000
8 f drams

49. A=1/2(a+b)h
Area of a Trapezium
1 gtt (drop)
1 -000
60 minims

50. Measurement involves two things
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
.375
10
Cubes (up to 10x10)