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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A=1/2(a+b)h
.125
60 seconds
Area of a Trapezium
.01

2. 24 hours
a x b = b x a
60 seconds
10 years
1 day

3. 2 pints
1 quart
multiply by 100
area of a square
1 score

4. quintillion
1 gallon
1000000000000000000
1 ton
10 grams

5. The volume of any prism
1 year
10 years
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
water boils

6. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.1 gram
F 9C/5 + 32
16 ounces

7. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
room temperature
a + b = b + a
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
water boils

8. 1 meter
F 9C/5 + 32
24 hours
100 centimeters
.6

9. 1 -000 years
1 gallon
room temperature
1 millennium
.6

10. Nano-n
day
1 year
circumference of a circle
0.000000001 10^-9

11. 4 pecks
Unit fractions
1 bushel
16 ounces
1 tablespoon

12. 1 oz to gr
100 years
1 pound
3 feet
480 gr (grain) weight

13. 32 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 gallon
3.14
water freezes
.375

14. quadrillion
1000000000000000
60 mg
.01
.1 gram

15. pi (3 digits)
1 year
3.14
a² + b² = c²
100 centimeters

16. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
.125
.625
Unit fractions
the long hand

17. A l X w
100 meters
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
.01
area of a rectangle

18. The volume of any pyramid
100
15 mL
V = Bh / 3
30 g

19. 1 oz
8 drams weight
multiply by 100
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
room temperature

20. trillion
1000000000000
.25
100 centimeters
100 years

21. 60 minutes
16 tablespoons
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 peck
1 hour

22. 1 decagram
1000 meters
10 grams
V = Bh where B is the area of the base
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

23. 1 score
10 grams
range
composite number
20 years

24. 9 square feet
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
1 square yard
366 days
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

25. A S squared
area of a square
composite number
Unit fractions
.125

26. 1 kilometer
1000 meters
1 year
480 gr (grain) weight
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit

27. 1 yard
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
water freezes
1 gtt (drop)
3 feet

28. 1 - 4 - 9 - 16 - 25 - 36 - 49 - 64 - 81 - 100 - 121 - 144 - 169 - 196 - 225
Divide by 100
g
Squares (up to 15x15)
100 meters

29. 1 t
16 tablespoons
L
75 gtts
60 mg

30. 1 decameter
multiply by 100
prime number
10 meters
1000000000

31. deca
a x b = b x a
75
10
8 f drams

32. 1/2 = _____ %
75 gtts
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
50

33. 8 quarts
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
480 m (minims)
1 peck
.5

34. The Commutative Law for multiplication
a x b = b x a
100 centimeters
1000000000
12 months

35. The average of the numbers
1 bushel
mean
area of a square
100 centimeters

36. 144 square inches
1 century
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 square foot

37. 20 years
1 gtt (drop)
mean
1 score
60 minutes

38. A bXh
1 -000 grams
area of a parallelogram
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
1 gallon

39. 1/3 = _____ %
33
range
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
L

40. 3/4 = _____ %
100
75
30mL
m

41. The difference between the highest and lowest numerical information
10 years
range
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 yard

42. Light year
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
1 week
15 MINIMS
perimeter of a triangle

43. The earth rotates on its axis once in a...
1 decade
day
1000000000
PE= mgh

44. Fractions/Decimal to percent
.16 (6 repeating)
multiply by 100
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
1 minute

45. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
water boils
1 square mile
Divide by 100
1 mile

46. 1 day
average body temperature
15 MINIMS
24 hours
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)

47. Each large number on a clock represents how many minutes?
about 52 weeks
5
perimeter of a triangle
16 tablespoons

48. The earth revolves around the sun once in a...
.4
1 pint
.6
year

49. P 4XS
10 years
1 millennium
1 -000 grams
perimeter of a square

50. The middle number in a group of numbers that are arranged in numerical order
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
15 MINIMS
median
1 year