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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. The Identity Law for addition
24 hours
V = Bh / 3
a + 0 = a
average body temperature

2. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
1 acre
1 week
area of a rectangle
Divide by 100

3. 60 minutes
1 -000 grams
1 hour
g
a² + b² = c²

4. 5/8
3.14
10
units
.625

5. 1/6
.16 (6 repeating)
100 grams
a + 0 = a
1000000000000000

6. Degree Fahrenheit
100 centimeters
room temperature
20 years
F 9C/5 + 32

7. 1 mile
1 pint
PE= mgh
100
1760 yards

8. P 4XS
1 square foot
perimeter of a square
20 years
.16 (6 repeating)

9. The Commutative Law for addition
10
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
area of a rectangle
a + b = b + a

10. Inch
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
year
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 acre

11. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
perimeter of a rectangle
8 drams weight
1 year
KE= 1/2 mv²

12. The volume of any prism
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
0.000001 10^-6
60 seconds
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

13. quintillion
1000000000000000000
units
.25
1 leap year

14. pi (3 digits)
1 year
3.14
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
.875

15. 1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
m
7 days
60 seconds

16. 4 pecks
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 bushel
perimeter of a triangle
1 minute

17. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
Cubes (up to 10x10)
60 seconds
.83 (3 repeating)
composite number

18. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
water boils
1 day
1 pound
perimeter of a parallelogram

19. 1 gr
24 hours
66
year
60 mg

20. 1/5
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
366 days
.2
.16 (6 repeating)

21. 1 score
area of a circle
30 g
1 score
20 years

22. 3 feet
V = Bh / 3
1 millennium
15 mL
1 yard

23. 1 f dram
Area of a Trapezium
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
60 minims
.75

24. The Distributive Law
60 gr (grain) weight
perimeter of a square
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
a(b +c) = ab + ac

25. 2/5
.4
1 gallon
perimeter of a square
8 f drams

26. To change from one unit to another
30mL
10 decimeters
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
about 52 weeks

27. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
.1 gram
.2
1 year

28. Foot

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29. 3/4
.75
.2
year
1 square yard

30. Which hand on a clock indicates the hour?
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
a x b = b x a
the short hand
1 year

31. Degree Celsius
.01
.3 repeating
C = 5(F-32)/9
the long hand

32. Has other factors besides 1 and itself
composite number
16 ounces
year
prime number

33. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
10 meters
average body temperature
1 day
.4

34. Formula for Kinetic Energy
1 yard
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 year
PE= mgh

35. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 millennium
range
1 year

36. billion
1 gallon
1 minute
1 year
1000000000

37. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
1 year
100 grams
water boils

38. volume
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3
1 week
L
.5

39. 1 pound
prime number
16 ounces
.8
25

40. deci
.01
25
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 year

41. 5/6
1 square yard
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
.83 (3 repeating)
1 yard

42. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 day
PE= mgh
room temperature
median

43. 1/4
60 minutes
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
75
.25

44. 2/3 = _____ %
composite number
66
1 week
16 ounces

45. Ordinal numbers
75 gtts
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1000 meters
a² + b² = c²

46. centi
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 millennium
.375
20 years

47. The Commutative Law for multiplication
10 meters
a x b = b x a
1000000000
1 yard

48. 1 g
1 acre
2000 pounds
50
15 gr

49. 24 hours
1 day
.125
area of a rectangle
10 grams

50. Light year
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
480 m (minims)
about 52 weeks
1 ton