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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 2/5
10
.5
.01
.4

2. 5/6
.83 (3 repeating)
circumference of a circle
Cubes (up to 10x10)
365 days

3. The Commutative Law for multiplication
12 months
15 MINIMS
1 gallon
a x b = b x a

4. 1 pound
1 pint
1 acre
100 meters
16 ounces

5. 4 pecks
75 gtts
16 tablespoons
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 bushel

6. A l X w
60 mg
area of a rectangle
1 gtt (drop)
100 years

7. C 2 X pie X r
30 g
365 days
circumference of a circle
area of a circle

8. 1/6
480 m (minims)
day
V = Bh / 3
.16 (6 repeating)

9. A S squared
composite number
area of a square
1 day
a x b = b x a

10. 1f oz
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
area of a rectangle
8 f drams
C = 5(F-32)/9

11. 2/3
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
.6 repeating
a + b = b + a
1 square yard

12. Formula for Potential Energy
1 acre
1760 yards
100 centimeters
PE= mgh

13. 366 days
1 leap year
1760 yards
units
60 minims

14. 1/3
1 square mile
.3 repeating
a x b = b x a
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

15. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 tablespoon
water boils
a x b = b x a
60 minutes

16. 1 kilogram
the long hand
.16 (6 repeating)
1 -000 grams
perimeter of a triangle

17. 1 hectometer
circumference of a circle
100 meters
365 days
m

18. A 1/2 X b X h
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1000 millimeters
Squares (up to 15x15)
area of a triangle

19. Light year
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
0.000000001 10^-9
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
10

20. 2/3 = _____ %
66
about 52 weeks
50
median

21. micro-u
.01
60 seconds
V = Bh / 3
0.000001 10^-6

22. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
1 score
100
12 months
the long hand

23. Degree Fahrenheit
area of a square
area of a circle
F 9C/5 + 32
1 millennium

24. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 leap year
.875

25. 4/5
.8
area of a circle
100 meters
.125

26. 9 square feet
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 peck
1 square yard
15 gr

27. 60 minutes
480 m (minims)
16 tablespoons
1 square mile
1 hour

28. 3/8
.375
1 gtt (drop)
PE= mgh
480 m (minims)

29. Foot

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30. 1 millennium
average body temperature
75 gtts
circumference of a circle
1000 years

31. To change from one unit to another
PE= mgh
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
15 mL

32. 1 oz
75 gtts
a² + b² = c²
3 teaspoons
8 drams weight

33. 1 mile
100 meters
.16 (6 repeating)
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1760 yards

34. 100 years
1 century
V = Bh / 3
.1 gram
mean

35. The average of the numbers
1 day
1000 years
mean
composite number

36. 1 score
mean
1 square yard
20 years
15 mL

37. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
range
100 centimeters
366 days
10 decimeters

38. 1 day
7 days
75
24 hours
1 square yard

39. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
60 minutes
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
water freezes

40. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
.1 gram
1000 years
0.000001 10^-6

41. 3 teaspoons
.3 repeating
15 MINIMS
1 leap year
1 tablespoon

42. 1 week
1 yard
1 hour
7 days
30 g

43. Formula for Kinetic Energy
median
KE= 1/2 mv²
33
1 tablespoon

44. 3/5
.6
PE= mgh
15 mL
1 -000

45. 1/4
20 years
the short hand
.25
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

46. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
1 quart
75 gtts
5
50

47. 1 hour
.5
1000000000
about 52 weeks
60 minutes

48. 1 year
12 months
.4
a² + b² = c²
.5

49. p.m.
10 grams
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
66
the long hand

50. 1 mile
10 decimeters
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
5280 feet
area of a rectangle