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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
75
1 hour
average body temperature

2. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
.25
room temperature
8 drams weight
3 feet

3. 1 minute
60 seconds
.375
1 -000
1000000000

4. 1 f dram
1 gallon
60 minims
perimeter of a triangle
1 bushel

5. 16 ounces
prime number
m
1 pound
1 pint

6. 1 score
1 day
20 years
the short hand
1 pound

7. billion
3 feet
1760 yards
1 square mile
1000000000

8. 3/4 = _____ %
15 MINIMS
75
60 minutes
.125

9. A 1/2 X b X h
area of a triangle
3 teaspoons
2000 pounds
480 gr (grain) weight

10. mega-M
m
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
day
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

11. 1 decigram
average body temperature
.1 gram
1 square foot
60 minutes

12. 1 centurey
30mL
.16 (6 repeating)
100 years
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1

13. 2 pints
1 quart
median
1000000000
1 pound

14. Fractions/Decimal to percent
1000 years
0.000001 10^-6
multiply by 100
1 pound

15. 2/5
0.000001 10^-6
100
.4
.16 (6 repeating)

16. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
units
1 score
the long hand

17. 12 months
10 decimeters
1 year
30mL
units

18. C 2 X pie X r
10 years
circumference of a circle
33
1 mile

19. 1 t
a(b +c) = ab + ac
15 mL
L
75 gtts

20. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
1 square foot
Divide by 100
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
prime number

21. 1 -000 years
1 minute
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 millennium
1000 meters

22. 1f oz
.375
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
8 f drams
1000 millimeters

23. 1 week
area of a rectangle
1 year
1 century
7 days

24. 144 square inches
25
1 minute
.83 (3 repeating)
1 square foot

25. 640 acres
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 square mile
g
water freezes

26. 16 fluid ounces
5
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 pint
1 ton

27. 4 quarts
1 gallon
day
.375
circumference of a circle

28. 1 pound
16 ounces
16 tablespoons
Area of a Trapezium
1 -000

29. pi (3 digits)
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
3.14
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 pound

30. 365 days
1 square yard
1 score
1 year
60 seconds

31. The Identity Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
20 years
Unit fractions
1 century

32. 5/6
.83 (3 repeating)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
75
.875

33. 3/4
.375
.75
1 pint
1 gallon

34. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
.375
composite number
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
mean

35. 5/8
F 9C/5 + 32
Divide by 100
1000 years
.625

36. C pie X d
1 gtt (drop)
1 pound
F 9C/5 + 32
circumference of a circle

37. quadrillion
1000000000000000
1 decade
.375
mean

38. 1/4
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 gtt (drop)
.25
2000 pounds

39. 4 pecks
1 bushel
circumference of a circle
33
the long hand

40. Fraction to Decimal
1 pint
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 square foot
m

41. 3 feet
15 MINIMS
1000000000000
C = 5(F-32)/9
1 yard

42. 3/8
3.14
composite number
1 leap year
.375

43. 1 decameter
10 meters
1 pound
.25
area of a circle

44. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
year
.8
30 g
F 9C/5 + 32

45. The average of the numbers
mean
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

46. The Pythagorean theorem
60 gr (grain) weight
.125
multiply by 100
a² + b² = c²

47. Nano-n
0.000000001 10^-9
60 seconds
a² + b² = c²
1 square yard

48. Fractions that equal 1
10 meters
Unit fractions
1000 meters
1 foot

49. 7/8
g
.875
.16 (6 repeating)
1000000000000

50. deca
10
8 drams weight
a + b = b + a
24 hours