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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
365 days
1 minute
circumference of a circle
5

2. volume
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
75 gtts
L
units

3. 1 oz to gr
20 years
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
24 hours
480 gr (grain) weight

4. googol
1 square mile
1 followed by 100 zeroes
5280 feet
prime number

5. 1 day
1 minute
33
7 days
24 hours

6. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
median
circumference of a circle
V = Bh / 3
units

7. 1 decade
10 years
8 drams weight
1 gallon
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

8. 1 leap year
366 days
.75
1 foot
a + b = b + a

9. The Associative Law for addition
average body temperature
1 minute
1 year
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)

10. 1 pound
100 meters
16 ounces
1 bushel
1 ton

11. 1 dram
C = 5(F-32)/9
60 gr (grain) weight
3.14
a(b +c) = ab + ac

12. 1 minim
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 gtt (drop)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
100 centimeters

13. quadrillion
1 foot
1 mile
.001 gram
1000000000000000

14. The Pythagorean theorem
a² + b² = c²
area of a square
10 meters
100 meters

15. 1 T
the short hand
1 foot
.375
15 mL

16. 16 fluid ounces
1 pint
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
480 gr (grain) weight
F 9C/5 + 32

17. The Distributive Law
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
3 teaspoons
perimeter of a parallelogram

18. 1/4 = _____ %
25
1 yard
Squares (up to 15x15)
66

19. Inch
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
0.000001 10^-6
100 years
60 minims

20. 1 mL
15 MINIMS
100 years
5280 feet
.001 gram

21. 1 kilogram
100 centimeters
.4
1 -000 grams
about 52 weeks

22. 1 ton
Squares (up to 15x15)
2000 pounds
1 gallon
perimeter of a square

23. 1 f dram
100 centimeters
area of a parallelogram
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
60 minims

24. 1 centigram
.75
1 peck
.01
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

25. 10 years
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
1 year
1 decade
1000 years

26. 4 quarts
10 decimeters
1 gallon
1 minute
15 mL

27. 1 week
7 days
8 f drams
1 minute
100

28. A=1/2(a+b)h
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
Area of a Trapezium
day
circumference of a circle

29. mass
.16 (6 repeating)
circumference of a circle
g
.6

30. A bXh
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
area of a parallelogram
a + b = b + a
1000 years

31. kilo
1 -000
3 feet
water freezes
16 ounces

32. 2 cups
.25
1 pint
PE= mgh
g

33. Light year
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 millennium
1 mile

34. 1 millennium
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1000 years
1 gtt (drop)
1 century

35. 1 centurey
12 months
multiply by 100
.75
100 years

36. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
a + 0 = a
.4
average body temperature
20 years

37. 1 decigram
1 tablespoon
10 grams
.1 gram
1 year

38. mega-M
a + 0 = a
12 months
1000000000000000000
10^6 - 1 -000 -000

39. Measurement involves two things
100 years
.75
8 f drams
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

40. To change from one unit to another
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 day
1 pint
0.000000001 10^-9

41. Length
1 gallon
.3 repeating
m
1 followed by 100 zeroes

42. Formula for Potential Energy
PE= mgh
.25
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 score

43. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
10
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
16 ounces

44. about 52 weeks
1 year
7 days
60 mg
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.

45. 1 f oz
1000000000000000
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
30mL
.01

46. Degree Celsius
C = 5(F-32)/9
366 days
.1 gram
area of a triangle

47. 1 fl oz
480 m (minims)
mean
units
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

48. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
the long hand
10 decimeters
range
10 years

49. centi
Divide by 100
range
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
.625

50. The Identity Law for addition
2000 pounds
about 52 weeks
480 m (minims)
a + 0 = a