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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. To change from one unit to another
33
area of a circle
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
15 gr

2. Nano-n
60 minims
0.000000001 10^-9
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

3. 1 kilogram
1 acre
1 -000 grams
circumference of a circle
1 year

4. A pie X r squared
perimeter of a square
area of a circle
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
mean

5. Light year
1 gallon
units
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 foot

6. Fractions that equal 1
1 day
KE= 1/2 mv²
Unit fractions
.375

7. 1 f oz
30mL
1 acre
.625
1 gtt (drop)

8. 1 t
75 gtts
a(b +c) = ab + ac
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
a + 0 = a

9. 1 f dram
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
60 minims
1 score
1000000000000000

10. Decimal to Fraction
the short hand
1000 years
.6
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

11. 1/4
1 year
1 mile
1 bushel
.25

12. deca
about 52 weeks
prime number
a² + b² = c²
10

13. micro-u
1 bushel
50
1 yard
0.000001 10^-6

14. 1/8
PE= mgh
66
units
.125

15. 9 square feet
1 square yard
day
1 yard
0.000000001 10^-9

16. 3 teaspoons
15 gr
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
the short hand
1 tablespoon

17. Fractions/Decimal to percent
.125
.1 gram
multiply by 100
1 score

18. 1 oz to gr
1 quart
480 gr (grain) weight
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
7 days

19. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 day
water freezes
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 foot

20. 366 days
1 leap year
area of a parallelogram
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 day

21. 1/3 = _____ %
.16 (6 repeating)
1 millennium
33
0.000000001 10^-9

22. 2/3
1 score
a² + b² = c²
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
.6 repeating

23. 1/6
.75
water boils
.16 (6 repeating)
perimeter of a square

24. 1 g
.25
V = Bh / 3
15 gr
30 g

25. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1 week
1000000000000000
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
day

26. P 4XS
the long hand
perimeter of a square
365 days
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

27. 5 -280 yards
16 tablespoons
.4
PE= mgh
1 mile

28. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
day
1 followed by 100 zeroes
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

29. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
median
multiply by 100
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
perimeter of a rectangle

30. about 52 weeks
Squares (up to 15x15)
average body temperature
water boils
1 year

31. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
1 ton
.4
1 year

32. 4 pecks
area of a parallelogram
1 bushel
day
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

33. Degree Fahrenheit
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
a(b +c) = ab + ac
F 9C/5 + 32
.1 gram

34. 1/3
perimeter of a parallelogram
24 hours
.3 repeating
1 pint

35. Ordinal numbers
100 meters
water freezes
Squares (up to 15x15)
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

36. 3 feet
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
L
1 -000
1 yard

37. hecto
1 minute
median
100
.375

38. 1 cup
60 minutes
1 peck
area of a square
16 tablespoons

39. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
30 g
1 millennium
1 decade
the long hand

40. 5/6
1 leap year
.83 (3 repeating)
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 square mile

41. p.m.
Cubes (up to 10x10)
area of a rectangle
1 pound
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

42. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
1 gtt (drop)
7 days
5280 feet

43. 1 tablespoon
480 gr (grain) weight
3 teaspoons
multiply by 100
60 minutes

44. The Identity Law for addition
365 days
1 hour
a + 0 = a
8 drams weight

45. The Associative Law for multiplication
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
perimeter of a triangle
a + 0 = a
1 mile

46. 2 cups
100 centimeters
multiply by 100
10 grams
1 pint

47. Foot

48. 1/5
.2
area of a rectangle
.3 repeating
480 m (minims)

49. The Associative Law for addition
1 decade
area of a parallelogram
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

50. 1 centurey
1 quart
100 years
area of a parallelogram
water freezes