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Basic Arithmetic: Measurements

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1. 144 square inches
1 square foot
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
mean
15 mL

2. 1 T
15 mL
range
365 days
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

3. The Identity Law for addition
1 ton
75 gtts
a + 0 = a
.8

4. 43 -560 square feet
1 acre
1 quart
1 minute
1000 years

5. p.m.
average body temperature
.01
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight

6. billion
1 day
1 yard
1000000000
about 52 weeks

7. 3/4
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
.25
.75
2000 pounds

8. 1 f oz
30mL
1 square mile
.1 gram
The breadth of a thumb - defined as 1/12 of a foot

9. 1/3
30 g
.3 repeating
75 gtts
.625

10. 7 days
1 week
100 centimeters
20 years
a(b +c) = ab + ac

11. Length
60 minims
m
1 pint
1 tablespoon

12. A l X w
area of a rectangle
3 feet
Divide by 100
100 years

13. 212 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
water boils
60 gr (grain) weight
median
area of a rectangle

14. 1/2
30mL
ante meridiem; time between midnight and noon
60 minims
.5

15. Light year
.1 gram
3 feet
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
range

16. 2/5
1 mile
1 century
60 seconds
.4

17. 1 hectogram
100 grams
1 square yard
30mL
L

18. kilo
.83 (3 repeating)
1 -000
the long hand
1 quart

19. Decimal to Fraction
1 peck
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25
25
5280 feet

20. volume
1000000000000000
L
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
m

21. 60 minutes
10 years
25
60 seconds
1 hour

22. Ordinal numbers
average body temperature
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
.625
3 teaspoons

23. 1 gr
circumference of a circle
60 mg
range
1 peck

24. 2 pints
1 quart
1 bushel
Squares (up to 15x15)
median

25. P (2Xl) + (2Xw)
10
perimeter of a rectangle
3 teaspoons
.875

26. The Identity Law for multiplication
10
a x 1 = a
1 hour
1 bushel

27. 1 - 8 - 27 - 64 - 125 - 216 - 343 - 512 - 729 - 1000
a x b = b x a
1000 meters
median
Cubes (up to 10x10)

28. 1 week
75
.875
7 days
area of a parallelogram

29. Which hand on a clock indicates the minutes?
.375
the long hand
480 m (minims)
area of a rectangle

30. 2 cups
.75
mean
1 pint
.375

31. trillion
g
area of a circle
1000000000000
15 mL

32. 9 square feet
We can make substitutions - treating the names of the units as if they were numbers.
1 square yard
1 minute
66

33. 1 year to wks
1 followed by 100 zeroes
perimeter of a triangle
m
about 52 weeks

34. 1 meter
1000 millimeters
name the order things came in; first - second - third - fourth - fifth - etc.
year
1 followed by 100 zeroes

35. 1 kilometer
the short hand
1000 meters
100 centimeters
year

36. mega-M
10^6 - 1 -000 -000
1 square mile
g
m

37. 1 decigram
.6 repeating
perimeter of a square
the distance light can travel in a year; a measure of distance not time; 6000000000000 miles
.1 gram

38. googol
30mL
1 followed by 100 zeroes
10
.75

39. Foot

40. 1 ton
10 meters
1 pound
2000 pounds
Write as read and reduce 10.68-10 68/100=10 17/25=267/25

41. 1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
post meridiem; time between noon and midnight
1/10 or .1 or 10^-1
Length of a man's foot (12 in.)

42. 1f oz
.3 repeating
5280 feet
multiply by 100
8 f drams

43. 1 meter
1000000000000000
L
1 day
10 decimeters

44. Formula for Kinetic Energy
.1 gram
10 decimeters
1000000000
KE= 1/2 mv²

45. 5/8
Unit fractions
1 pint
.625
a² + b² = c²

46. centi
a x 1 = a
0.000001 10^-6
1/100 or .01 or 10^-2
1 year

47. 4 quarts
1 gallon
1 square yard
24 hours
100

48. 1 kilogram
1000000000000000
1 -000 grams
.16 (6 repeating)
1 day

49. 1 cup
16 tablespoons
area of a rectangle
Divide numerator by denominator 4/5=.8
3 feet

50. 70 degrees Fahrenheit (F.)
1 tablespoon
1 gtt (drop)
units
room temperature