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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 640 acres
1 square mile
3.14
100
1000000000000000

2. 3 feet
1000 years
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
1 yard

3. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
100 centimeters
3.14
1000000000
water freezes

4. A pie X r squared
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
area of a circle
.5
1760 yards

5. Formula for Kinetic Energy
V = Bh / 3
.6 repeating
60 minutes
KE= 1/2 mv²

6. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 peck
room temperature
10 meters
.3 repeating

7. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
perimeter of a parallelogram
1000 millimeters

8. 1 hectogram
100 grams
1 score
24 hours
10 grams

9. 1 day
24 hours
1 gallon
1 foot
20 years

10. Length
area of a triangle
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
m
1 gallon

11. The Pythagorean theorem
a² + b² = c²
1 day
1 pound
480 m (minims)

12. 1 meter
water freezes
1000 millimeters
100 years
Area of a Trapezium

13. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
V = Bh / 3
7 days
perimeter of a rectangle
75

14. quadrillion
.2
1000000000000000
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
365 days

15. 1 milligram
.001 gram
1 cup
.625
.5

16. 1 meter
m
water boils
100 centimeters
a + 0 = a

17. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
average body temperature
water freezes
1 cup

18. 366 days
m
1000000000000
1 leap year
1 square foot

19. 1 oz to g
.125
area of a rectangle
1000000000000
30 g

20. 144 square inches
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 square foot
KE= 1/2 mv²

21. The volume of any pyramid
15 MINIMS
V = Bh / 3
75 gtts
1000 millimeters

22. 2 cups
.16 (6 repeating)
100 meters
Cubes (up to 10x10)
1 pint

23. 7 days
1 week
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 pint
60 seconds

24. 5/6
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.83 (3 repeating)
L
75 gtts

25. 12 inches
1 foot
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
7 days

26. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
1 foot
1 bushel
year
1/1000 or .001 or 10^-3

27. The Distributive Law
1 minute
a(b +c) = ab + ac
7 days
33

28. 5/8
area of a triangle
1000 millimeters
.625
1000000000000000

29. 1 oz to gr
3 teaspoons
8 f drams
480 gr (grain) weight
1 tablespoon

30. 1 g
20 years
15 gr
median
1000000000000000000

31. The volume of any prism
.2
66
1 cup
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

32. 2 -000 pounds
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1000000000000
1 ton
perimeter of a square

33. 20 years
10 years
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
1 score
area of a circle

34. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
F 9C/5 + 32
g
Cubes (up to 10x10)

35. 60 seconds
Cubes (up to 10x10)
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 minute

36. 365 days
1 square mile
1 decade
1 year
33

37. Fractions that equal 1
water freezes
a + b = b + a
16 tablespoons
Unit fractions

38. 9 square feet
100 centimeters
area of a parallelogram
1 foot
1 square yard

39. 1/2
1 mile
.5
24 hours
1 square yard

40. Formula for Potential Energy
PE= mgh
multiply by 100
g
.25

41. Comparing the quantity being measured to some standard unit
a(b +c) = ab + ac
10 years
a + b = b + a
units

42. 3/8
.375
16 tablespoons
about 52 weeks
15 MINIMS

43. 1 year
365 days
1 square mile
.01
.8

44. 1 dram
60 gr (grain) weight
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
.25
.16 (6 repeating)

45. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
Divide by 100
1 bushel
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

46. 3 teaspoons
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
KE= 1/2 mv²
1 tablespoon
L

47. Degree Fahrenheit
day
60 seconds
F 9C/5 + 32
15 MINIMS

48. The Identity Law for multiplication
a x 1 = a
1 year
60 seconds
multiply by 100

49. The average of the numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
1 -000 grams
100 years
mean

50. 1 oz
1 followed by 100 zeroes
8 drams weight
1 square yard
1 decade