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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 1 decameter
1 cup
1760 yards
100 meters
10 meters

2. 2 pints
PE= mgh
1 quart
water boils
1 week

3. billion
1000000000
1 pint
100
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

4. 7 days
1 week
0.000001 10^-6
L
.75

5. 1/2 = _____ %
.625
1 acre
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
50

6. The Associative Law for multiplication
15 MINIMS
1 -000 grams
2000 pounds
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

7. 4/5
.5
1 pint
.8
average body temperature

8. Has no factors except for 1 and itself
1 gallon
.4
15 MINIMS
prime number

9. 60 seconds
year
3.14
1 pound
1 minute

10. 3/8
0.000001 10^-6
.375
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
10 years

11. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
.16 (6 repeating)
a(b +c) = ab + ac
the short hand
33

12. To change from one unit to another
1 year
PE= mgh
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 hour

13. The Identity Law for addition
a + 0 = a
1000 millimeters
1 pint
.8

14. The Associative Law for addition
1 gallon
Area of a Trapezium
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 pound

15. C 2 X pie X r
1 gtt (drop)
circumference of a circle
66
Squares (up to 15x15)

16. 1 decigram
1 gallon
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.1 gram
.8

17. The volume of any pyramid
8 f drams
15 MINIMS
.3 repeating
V = Bh / 3

18. 1f oz
8 f drams
room temperature
15 mL
1 square yard

19. 1 hectometer
100 meters
1 ton
60 minutes
multiply by 100

20. 1 meter
100 grams
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
10 decimeters
.25

21. 1 T
1 peck
1 tablespoon
8 drams weight
15 mL

22. 1 ton
2000 pounds
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
1 leap year
.375

23. 1 f dram
units
60 minims
.6
.6 repeating

24. 640 acres
perimeter of a parallelogram
units
1 square mile
1000 years

25. pi (3 digits)
perimeter of a square
3.14
1 cup
1 gtt (drop)

26. Ordinal numbers
15 MINIMS
1 cup
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
a + 0 = a

27. 1 f oz
1000000000
F 9C/5 + 32
g
30mL

28. quintillion
1 century
1 minute
30 g
1000000000000000000

29. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
water freezes
60 minutes
1 hour

30. 366 days
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
366 days
100 meters
1 leap year

31. kilo
m
1 -000
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 cup

32. 2 -000 pounds
1 quart
about 52 weeks
1 ton
1000 years

33. A bXh
area of a parallelogram
0.000001 10^-6
1 pint
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

34. 2/3
15 mL
10 decimeters
.6 repeating
50

35. volume
100 centimeters
L
.875
1 year

36. p.m.
.125
.75
1 pint
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

37. P 4XS
8 f drams
perimeter of a square
area of a triangle
area of a rectangle

38. milli
1 mile
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
366 days
0.000001 10^-6

39. 1 hour
100 years
10 years
.8
60 minutes

40. 1/3 = _____ %
1 gallon
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
33
a x 1 = a

41. trillion
1 cup
1000000000000
area of a square
1 yard

42. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
L
Area of a Trapezium
.75
Squares (up to 15x15)

43. 1 milligram
.001 gram
m
.83 (3 repeating)
1 square foot

44. The Commutative Law for multiplication
60 mg
60 minims
a x b = b x a
8 drams weight

45. 1 t
75 gtts
15 gr
24 hours
median

46. Fraction to Decimal
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
10
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8

47. 1 -000 years
10 grams
1 millennium
the short hand
1000 years

48. centi
30mL
1 foot
3 teaspoons
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2

49. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 tablespoon
1 year

50. 60 minutes
1 hour
units
0.000001 10^-6
1 tablespoon