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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decameter
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 week
8 drams weight
10 meters

2. 2/3
.875
1000 meters
.6 repeating
15 gr

3. 16 ounces
1 pound
area of a parallelogram
100 meters
F 9C/5 + 32

4. To change from one unit to another
3.14
water boils
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1000000000000000000

5. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
25
.83 (3 repeating)
median
1 peck

6. 4/5
perimeter of a rectangle
a² + b² = c²
.8
15 mL

7. 1 oz to gr
1 -000 grams
L
480 gr (grain) weight
1 square mile

8. 1 mile
.16 (6 repeating)
g
60 mg
5280 feet

9. 2 -000 pounds
1 ton
60 minutes
.625
5

10. 1 day
1 pound
1 year
24 hours
1000000000000

11. 10 years
.625
3 teaspoons
1 decade
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

12. 1f oz
1 bushel
a + 0 = a
1 year
8 f drams

13. 1 tablespoon
1 millennium
.16 (6 repeating)
3 teaspoons
24 hours

14. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
5280 feet
water freezes
the long hand
prime number

15. P 4XS
range
100 years
1 gallon
perimeter of a square

16. 3/8
a + 0 = a
Cubes (up to 10x10)
0.000000001 10^-9
.375

17. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
.625
3 feet
.01

18. 1 fl oz
25
480 m (minims)
area of a triangle
1 gallon

19. A=1/2(a+b)h
30mL
area of a square
3 feet
Area of a Trapezium

20. mass
15 gr
1 pint
0.000001 10^-6
g

21. The Identity Law for addition
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a + 0 = a
60 gr (grain) weight
g

22. 60 minutes
1000 millimeters
1 hour
water freezes
1 -000 grams

23. 1 pound
perimeter of a triangle
Unit fractions
1 day
16 ounces

24. 1 T
1000 millimeters
PE= mgh
15 mL
1 gallon

25. Foot

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26. The volume of any prism
a + b = b + a
75
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
10 meters

27. A 1/2 X b X h
100 centimeters
1 gtt (drop)
area of a triangle
5

28. kilo
L
.375
1 -000
Unit fractions

29. 36 inches
2000 pounds
60 gr (grain) weight
1000 meters
1 yard

30. 1 hectometer
C = 5(F-32)/9
.83 (3 repeating)
100 meters
1 square foot

31. 1 leap year
1000000000000
33
the short hand
366 days

32. 1 centurey
480 m (minims)
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
100 years
100 meters

33. 1/4
1 century
60 gr (grain) weight
8 f drams
.25

34. 3/4
a x 1 = a
30 g
1 year
.75

35. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
Divide by 100
.83 (3 repeating)
.5

36. 100 years
1 century
5280 feet
100 grams
C = 5(F-32)/9

37. 12 inches
.83 (3 repeating)
1 cup
1 foot
1 tablespoon

38. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
8 drams weight
composite number
10 years
prime number

39. 2/3 = _____ %
perimeter of a triangle
.75
66
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

40. 3 feet
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
10 meters
33
1 yard

41. quintillion
m
20 years
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1000000000000000000

42. quadrillion
.375
1 minute
1 ton
1000000000000000

43. 4 pecks
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
area of a square
perimeter of a parallelogram
1 bushel

44. 1/8
1 pound
about 52 weeks
.125
7 days

45. 1 milligram
a + 0 = a
.001 gram
66
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

46. The Commutative Law for addition
L
a + b = b + a
a x 1 = a
1 square mile

47. deca
10
1 year
1 yard
area of a triangle

48. 1 cup
33
16 tablespoons
.5
25

49. 1/2
.5
1 day
365 days
1 peck

50. The average of the numbers
1 quart
1000000000000000000
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
mean