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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Ordinal numbers
60 gr (grain) weight
100 centimeters
.875
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

2. 1 oz to g
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
day
1 bushel
30 g

3. The volume of any pyramid
V = Bh / 3
1 millennium
area of a rectangle
1 mile

4. 1 year
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
perimeter of a triangle
0.000001 10^-6
365 days

5. A 1/2 X b X h
1 year
area of a triangle
15 mL
1 pint

6. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
60 seconds
3 feet
year

7. 100 years
60 mg
1 century
1 week
16 tablespoons

8. Light year
1 hour
1 year
room temperature
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles

9. 1 g
1000 millimeters
.2
10
15 gr

10. 24 hours
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.3 repeating
1 day
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

11. 9 square feet
1000000000000000000
Squares (up to 15x15)
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 square yard

12. 2 cups
1 quart
year
1 minute
1 pint

13. 1 yard
Squares (up to 15x15)
3 feet
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
.8

14. 60 seconds
1 minute
1 pound
50
1 foot

15. 1 kilogram
1 -000 grams
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
area of a rectangle
10 grams

16. billion
1000000000
480 gr (grain) weight
1 tablespoon
1 gallon

17. Formula for Kinetic Energy
a x b = b x a
range
KE= 1/2 mv²
30mL

18. 8 quarts
1 ton
a x b = b x a
75
1 peck

19. 2/3 = _____ %
1 gtt (drop)
range
66
24 hours

20. 4 pecks
1 tablespoon
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 bushel
a + b = b + a

21. 1 T
.375
15 mL
12 months
a x b = b x a

22. 1/4 = _____ %
15 gr
1 gallon
1000000000000000
25

23. 5/6
1 century
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
.83 (3 repeating)
30 g

24. C 2 X pie X r
circumference of a circle
.3 repeating
Cubes (up to 10x10)
480 m (minims)

25. 16 ounces
1 pound
100 centimeters
60 gr (grain) weight
a + b = b + a

26. 1 score
.8
20 years
mean
.001 gram

27. 1 oz
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
12 months
8 drams weight
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

28. 1 minute
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 ton
20 years
60 seconds

29. 4 quarts
15 mL
1 gallon
average body temperature
5280 feet

30. quadrillion
10 grams
1 square foot
.5
1000000000000000

31. 8 fluid ounces
prime number
1 cup
year
8 f drams

32. kilo
water boils
.5
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 -000

33. 3/4 = _____ %
3 feet
.16 (6 repeating)
1 year
75

34. 2/3
water freezes
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
multiply by 100
.6 repeating

35. 7 days
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 bushel
1 week
F 9C/5 + 32

36. 3 feet
30mL
1 yard
area of a parallelogram
15 gr

37. 1 meter
10 decimeters
12 months
1 year
1 millennium

38. A bXh
75
1 ton
area of a parallelogram
water freezes

39. 365 days
1 tablespoon
1 year
60 gr (grain) weight
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

40. deci
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
perimeter of a square
1 acre

41. 144 square inches
1 -000
1 quart
1 square foot
1 square mile

42. 1 year to wks
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
Cubes (up to 10x10)
about 52 weeks
1 millennium

43. 366 days
1000000000000000000
perimeter of a square
1 gtt (drop)
1 leap year

44. 1 decigram
1 foot
10 meters
year
.1 gram

45. 1 decade
.2
1 peck
1 score
10 years

46. 7/8
75 gtts
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
5280 feet
.875

47. 1 milligram
16 ounces
1 minute
.001 gram
1 day

48. 1 day
1 ton
0.000001 10^-6
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
24 hours

49. 1 leap year
composite number
1 day
366 days
30mL

50. To change from one unit to another
.375
a + 0 = a
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
10 decimeters