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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 2 pints
0.000000001 10^-9
1 quart
1 century
.125

2. The Commutative Law for multiplication
mean
a x b = b x a
a + b = b + a
year

3. 100 years
Squares (up to 15x15)
1 century
prime number
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

4. 1/5
.2
room temperature
1 square foot
1 quart

5. volume
C = 5(F-32)/9
1000000000000
1 ton
L

6. 1/3
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
range
15 mL
.3 repeating

7. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
prime number
1 ton

8. 1 ton
2000 pounds
Divide by 100
m
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

9. Fractions that equal 1
60 gr (grain) weight
Unit fractions
mean
average body temperature

10. The average of the numbers
1000000000
75
5280 feet
mean

11. 5/8
.625
3 teaspoons
.125
10 decimeters

12. 1 f oz
Squares (up to 15x15)
30mL
24 hours
.2

13. 1/8
area of a triangle
.125
12 months
area of a rectangle

14. 1 meter
1 -000 grams
75 gtts
100 centimeters
room temperature

15. 2 -000 pounds
10 decimeters
480 m (minims)
1 ton
10 meters

16. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
100
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
12 months

17. 1f oz
1 quart
5280 feet
8 f drams
100

18. 640 acres
1 year
3.14
10 meters
1 square mile

19. 43 -560 square feet
5280 feet
1 day
1 acre
30mL

20. Length
m
60 gr (grain) weight
.5
.16 (6 repeating)

21. The Distributive Law
1 ton
10 grams
m
a(b +c) = ab + ac

22. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1000 meters
range
1 millennium
8 drams weight

23. quintillion
1 score
a² + b² = c²
1000000000000000000
circumference of a circle

24. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
.875
25
year
1000000000000000

25. googol
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 year
3.14
1 followed by 100 zeroes

26. about 52 weeks
1000000000000
1 year
mean
3 teaspoons

27. 1 oz to gr
1 score
480 gr (grain) weight
15 MINIMS
perimeter of a parallelogram

28. A l X w
prime number
.25
area of a rectangle
Unit fractions

29. Nano-n
g
0.000000001 10^-9
60 minims
60 gr (grain) weight

30. Inch
water freezes
1 gallon
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

31. 144 square inches
1 hour
m
1 square foot
1 quart

32. Decimal to Fraction
50
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 yard

33. The Associative Law for addition
a² + b² = c²
Area of a Trapezium
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
100

34. 3 teaspoons
60 minutes
1 bushel
1 followed by 100 zeroes
1 tablespoon

35. 1/4
1 pound
1 week
.25
1 peck

36. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
perimeter of a triangle
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
units
.25

37. A bXh
a(b +c) = ab + ac
area of a parallelogram
L
10

38. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
median
prime number
perimeter of a rectangle
24 hours

39. 1 year
1 pound
C = 5(F-32)/9
12 months
room temperature

40. 1 yard
3 feet
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
a + b = b + a
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

41. 12 inches
a x 1 = a
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
1 foot
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

42. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
25
1 cup
the long hand
1 year

43. 1/6
water freezes
20 years
m
.16 (6 repeating)

44. Degree Fahrenheit
15 mL
1000 meters
F 9C/5 + 32
100 meters

45. 1 gr
60 mg
mean
60 minutes
1000 meters

46. 365 days
3.14
.3 repeating
1 year
perimeter of a triangle

47. 1 g
1 peck
15 gr
1 year
16 tablespoons

48. 3/8
1 -000 grams
.375
average body temperature
12 months

49. 1 decameter
10 meters
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
area of a parallelogram
1 followed by 100 zeroes

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