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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 4 quarts
3.14
1 square yard
1 gallon
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

2. 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
.625
1 square mile
average body temperature
1 mile

3. 3/5
.8
.6
area of a triangle
10

4. 1 f oz
1 cup
30mL
1 decade
m

5. 1/3
75 gtts
10 grams
1 pint
.3 repeating

6. Degree Celsius
1000 years
1 year
16 tablespoons
C = 5(F-32)/9

7. Ordinal numbers
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
L
median
1 decade

8. 1 kilogram
0.000000001 10^-9
1 -000 grams
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
perimeter of a parallelogram

9. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
perimeter of a rectangle
100
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
1 foot

10. Percent to Fraction/Decimal
1 acre
Divide by 100
average body temperature
1000000000000

11. quintillion
60 seconds
area of a parallelogram
circumference of a circle
1000000000000000000

12. 1 milligram
1000 years
1 decade
.001 gram
60 minutes

13. 1 year to wks
.2
1 year
0.000000001 10^-9
about 52 weeks

14. 1 mile
prime number
area of a circle
1760 yards
60 minims

15. p.m.
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1 mile
100 centimeters
1 ton

16. 1/2 = _____ %
area of a square
1000000000000
25
50

17. 1 oz to g
.375
30 g
66
.8

18. 43 -560 square feet
1000000000000000
100
area of a parallelogram
1 acre

19. 640 acres
perimeter of a triangle
365 days
1 square mile
1760 yards

20. 2 pints
1 quart
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
a(b +c) = ab + ac
1 week

21. 1 ton
24 hours
2000 pounds
1000000000
366 days

22. about 52 weeks
60 mg
1 year
1 leap year
1 pound

23. 20 years
1 week
1 score
16 ounces
.2

24. 9 square feet
1 millennium
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
a² + b² = c²
1 square yard

25. 1 decigram
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)
.1 gram
area of a rectangle
10 years

26. The Associative Law for addition
8 drams weight
(a + b) + c = a + (b + c)
480 m (minims)
1 pound

27. 7 days
the long hand
1 week
Divide by 100
1 square mile

28. 1 cup
16 tablespoons
1 yard
.1 gram
1 decade

29. 1 f dram
1 day
1. A number (whole - fraction - or decimal) 2. A unit
60 minims
60 mg

30. 365 days
1 year
10 meters
mean
.625

31. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
.5
room temperature
16 ounces
area of a rectangle

32. hecto
100
10 grams
1000000000000
V = Bh where B is the area of the base

33. 1/4
.25
water boils
1 century
1 square yard

34. 12 months
1 year
.16 (6 repeating)
60 minims
.6

35. 24 hours
1 year
1 day
1 pint
100 grams

36. C pie X d
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
circumference of a circle
.4
the short hand

37. 1 tablespoon
prime number
3 teaspoons
.6 repeating
1 year

38. The average of the numbers
a x b = b x a
1 tablespoon
mean
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.

39. The Associative Law for multiplication
60 mg
area of a rectangle
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.16 (6 repeating)

40. 1 year
water freezes
1 mile
60 minims
12 months

41. C 2 X pie X r
1 year
1 minute
circumference of a circle
0.000001 10^-6

42. 16 fluid ounces
1 pint
10 grams
7 days
12 months

43. 12 inches
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
1 foot
2000 pounds
circumference of a circle

44. 1 decade
V = Bh / 3
.875
composite number
10 years

45. 1/8
.125
prime number
1 -000
1 bushel

46. Fractions/Decimal to percent
multiply by 100
C = 5(F-32)/9
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon

47. 1 decameter
.2
10 meters
60 minutes
1 ton

48. 1 hour
60 minutes
Cubes (up to 10x10)
about 52 weeks
15 gr

49. 4/5
15 mL
1 followed by 100 zeroes
(a x b) x c = a x (b x c)
.8

50. 5/6
.625
.83 (3 repeating)
.6
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight